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SEPTEMBER  -  Hunger Action Month 2025 comes at a time of rising inflation, growing populations, and compounding global crises. Food insecurity is a chronic emergency affecting millions worldwide. With increasing inflation and population, resources stretched thin, homelessness and poverty on the rise, pandemics and epidemics, and natural disasters, the need for action is now. Hunger Action Month 2025 is needed now more than ever.

Global Hunger is at Alarming Levels

Hunger has reached staggering levels worldwide, with millions unable to access the most basic human need, food. What used to be isolated emergencies are now widespread, chronic crises touching nearly every continent. Here are some of the alarming statistics: 

Behind every number is a child, a parent, a family fighting to survive each day:

  • 343 million people in 74 countries were identified as acutely food insecure as of November 2024; 319 million faced the same crisis mid‑year .
  • A staggering 1.9 million are facing catastrophic hunger, on the brink of famine, in places like Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, and Mali
  • Another 58 million could slide into starvation unless critical aid arrives, the UN WFP warns of major funding shortfalls in regions like Gaza, Syria, and Congo.

Compounding Crises Add to the Existing Food Shortage

Food insecurity doesn’t exist in isolation. Armed conflicts, climate disasters, and economic instability are colliding, creating a perfect storm. As the cost of living rises and agricultural systems are disrupted, already vulnerable communities find themselves pushed further into crisis.

  • Conflict is the primary driver for hunger:  65% of those facing severe hunger live in war zones.
  • Climate disasters, like drought and floods, are reaching record levels, decreasing crop yields, and destabilizing millions of food systems.
  • Humanitarian aid is falling short: WFP reports a 40% drop in funding, putting 58 million people at risk of starvation.

According to Feeding America, approximately 43% of food bank donations are driven by corporate and employee giving campaigns, making workplace initiatives one of the most effective tools in combating hunger.

Now, here is some of what YOU have been doing here at Beautiful Savior: 

“People don’t give just because you ask—they give because they care.”

  • Beautiful Savior has reinvigorated efforts to help families and children in our surrounding neighborhood. A ministry using dollar bills put in the collection plate previously used the money to buy schools for needy local school children. When the national chain closed and the local school changed its involvement, the Sunday Dollars ministry under new leadership arranged for $3,000 to go directly to the Marana school district's Family Resource Center to be used to find clothing and other items for children and their families. Sunday Dollars also recently gave $400 to the Beautiful Savior Academy to purchase a playhouse for the benefit of our pre-kindergarten students.

 

  • Cup of Cold Water uses donated food and coins collected during the "noisy offering" Sundays each month to pack manna bags to give to the homeless. With the help from children of our Academy, the team packed and distributed more than 1,000 bags last year and is on pace to exceed that this year. The bags also are available to emergency responders and law enforcement to give to victims or to motorists stuck in Arizona heat due to traffic accidents.

 

What else could we do to make a difference?   How could we be more informed?

 

Peace,

Pastor Tony