The consultation was an ecumenical and intergenerational event convened by
Bread for the World, the WCC, and Howard University Office of the Dean of the Chapel.
Bread for the World, its partners, and its members have consistently advocated for AGOA since 1998.
The reforms that
Bread for the World is seeking focus on easing restrictions on where food must be grown, how the food is transported and how monetization is handled.
Entitled "
Bread for the World," its refrain goes like this:
This book is at once a history of the origin and present status of
Bread for the World and an autobiography of Bread's founder, Arthur Simon.
In this study, Gobel (of the German development NGO Brot fur die Welt--"
Bread for the World") performs a comparative impact analysis of different MSIs in the textile, garment, footwear, and sporting goods industries, testing in particular the outcomes associated with the differing institutional forms of MSIs, focusing on the kind of stakeholders, number of stakeholders, and decision-making rights of the stakeholders that are included in MSIs as key factors.
Its owner, Kunjan Patel, is passionate about helping those less fortunate and demonstrates that by donating a portion of every purchase made at Collective Pro Audio to a charity of the customer's choice - with a list of over 100 charities to select from including: American Cancer Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America,
Bread for the World, Earthday Network, and the World Wildlife Fund.
Beckmann, head of
Bread for the World since 1991, has increased membership from 44,500 to more than 72,500 in the past decade and the government policies and programs he has advocated for has relieved hundreds of millions of people from hunger and poverty.
She shares the prestigious 2010 prize with David Beckmann, president of
Bread for the World and one of the foremost U.S.
Last July, U.S.-based
Bread for the World group welcomed the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations' commitment to contribute US$20 billion over three years to combat global hunger.
The group, which was established through the National Theatre of Namibia's Youth Development Project (YTDP), will participate in a commemorative Theatre Festival to mark the 50th anniversary of international donor agency "
Bread for the World", a programme initiated by Protestant churches in Germany.