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What is Hunger?—Using the food pyramid as a guide, this activity helps children understand definition of hunger to be "when people do not get enough of the right kinds of foods to be healthy." |  |
7 Cents a Day—Hunger could be cut in half in the United States and worldwide by 2015 for seven cents per American per day. In simple financial terms, this activity shows what kind of commitment it would take on each child's part to make a difference. |
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Our Daily Bread Collage—As children consider hunger and poverty in the world, they will make a collage of faces to be reminded of Jesus' prayer. |  |
A Sudan Story in Drama—Any number of children can take part in the dramatization of this incident. |
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A Spyglass View of God's Vision for the World—This activity explores the good news and hope in Revelation 7:15-17. |  |
Writing a Litany—With the children, write a litany based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. |
Our activities from past editions of Hunger No More are also worth exploring: |
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Introduction |  |
God's Vision for All People—Look closely and find in the spiral puzzle a special message concerning God's vision for the world |
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Giving Food to Others—This game makes collecting food for a pantry or bank fun and exciting. Colored markers or crayons, a poster board, creativity and some effort are all children and youth need as they take action. |  |
Stories About Hunger—Come and meet Ray, Jane, Nina and Olivia. Take a glimpse into their lives of hunger and poverty. This activity helps children and youth to reflect on hunger and poverty and creatively address the issue. |
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"Make It Through the Month" Maze—Many families live with very little money. If something happens, like someone gets sick or the car breaks down, there is no money to pay for it. In this activity, start at day one and see if you can get all the way to the end of the month. |  |
"Let Others Know" Posters—- An old Chinese saying is as follows: A person who has food has many problems. A person who has no food has only one problem. In this activity children and youth will explore what the saying means and with art materials create posters that bring the plight of hungry people to others |
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"Feeding a Family" Game—In this activity, create four groups and give each group a paper describing its family and income. Each group is to plan a nutritious menu for one day, based on the money it has. Children and youth can examine how easy or difficult it is to make the kind of decisions poor and hungry people must make daily. |  |
"All That Children Need" Mobile—How does Jesus feel about children? What do children need so they can be healthy? In this activity, children and youth answer these questions and with lightweight cardboard, scissors, wooden dowel, colored markers, stapler and staples or masking tape , and string or yarn create a mobile to be displayed in your church. |
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"Love God and One Another"
Rap—- In this activity children and youth read and reflect on Luke 10:25-28. Then they write how they can show their love for God by loving others. Then write a rap with their list of ideas with a special refrain. |
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"Telling Others" Announcements—One way children can help put an end to hunger is to ask for help from others. In this activity children and youth explore exciting ways to share important information about hunger on newsprint. |
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Show Your Concern by Writing a Letter—One way to help families who are poor is to write your government officials asking them to provide assistance to families who are poor. This activity is designed to teach children and youth how to write letters to their Senators and Representative on behalf of poor and hungry people. | ||
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