Thursday, February 02, 2012 - Canadian Foodgrains Bank is recruiting for a half-time PROGRAM OFFICER
to join our international program department. The program officer will
work with and support member agencies in the planning, administration
and monitoring of international food aid, food security and nutrition
projects.
Click here for more information.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 - South Gower Baptist Church donates $100,000 to Canadian Foodgrains Bank
For Murray Bennett, who grew up attending South Gower Baptist Church in
Kemptville, Ontario, seeing his church close last year was extremely
difficult.
“I have been involved at the church since I was a little boy,” he says.
“I was baptized there. But it fell upon hard times and eventually
closed.”
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Monday, January 30, 2012 - During January the Foodgrains Bank committed $1.9 million to six
projects in four countries.
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Friday, January 27, 2012 - When Hope and Lewis Rowsell returned home last February from a Canadian
Foodgrains Bank food study tour to Ethiopia, they knew they wanted to do
something to help people in that country.
“When we came home, we were so inspired,” says Hope. “We wanted to do something to help.”
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 - One of the best parts of my job is hearing from people across the
country who want to do something about global hunger. One of the worst
parts is, well, I’ll get to that in a moment – but let’s just say it
involves a bit of ignorance about Canadian geography.
As I talk to people from my office in Winnipeg, I am connected to the
best that Canada has to offer: a 13-year-old who donates his birthday
money to help alleviate hunger; a youth group pickling and selling
cucumbers; a church planting potatoes in a cemetery; a woman knitting
socks to raise funds; school groups holding bake sales; and students
scrubbing toilets.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Foodgrains Bank conducting evaluation about aid response time
Was aid for people suffering from drought in East Africa too slow?
Yes, says a new report from two international aid agencies.
According to the report, prepared by Oxfam and Save the Children, most
rich donor nations waited until the crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia and
Kenya was in full swing last summer before donating a substantial amount
of money.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 - Millions in South Sudan at risk of hunger due to conflict, displacement, and high food pricesA
year after South Sudan voted to become the world’s newest country, the
United Nations (UN) is calling the food security situation in that
country “alarming”. According to the UN, conflict, poor
infrastructure, large numbers of returnees and high food prices are
contributing to food insecurity for millions of South Sudanese.
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Monday, January 16, 2012 - Featured as case studies in The Hungry Continent: African Agriculture and Food Insecurity
Two Canadian Foodgrains Bank supported projects that promote
conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe and Zambia have been featured in a
new book about food security in Africa.
The projects, operated together with the United Church of Canada and
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, are included as a case
studies in The Hungry Continent: African Agriculture and Food
Insecurity, published by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - Alden Braul uses conservation farming methods to raise corn, money for Foodgrains Bank
They say you shouldn’t take your work home with you. But can you take it to your garden?
That’s what Alden Braul did. The Capacity Development and Food Security
Coordinator at the Canadian Foodgrains Bank works to help farmers in the
developing world grow more food using conservation agriculture—a way of
farming that requires no tilling, minimizes inputs, and preserves
moisture.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - During November and December Canadian Foodgrains Bank committed $4.7
million to 14 projects in 14 countries.
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