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Take Action in October to Promote Food for Life

Rice is the staple food for most of the world. Rice farmer, South India. CWS is supporting the Eccumnical Advocacy Alliance's new campaign “Food for Life”. It is now time to start reflecting and preparing for activities for the Churches Week of Action on Food from 10-17 October. During the Week you will be connected to thousands of people, churches and communities around the world in a movement calling for change in the way food is grown, sold, distributed and shared. It is a time to lift up the voices of small-scale food producers, particularly women, to have choices on what crops to grow and how they can grow these crops. The Week in October goes from Sunday to Sunday and is a key time for action:
15 October is International Day for Rural Women
16 October is World Food Day
17 October is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
11-16 October is Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Food Security (CFS) meeting, Rome, Italy

The EAA has produced a resource guide for the Week of Action. The guide offers action ideas, as well as worship resources, including a liturgy and a prayer card. Copies of these resources will be posted to members and partners soon. You can use this guide to help you effectively take part in the 2010 Churches' Week of Action on Food together with others around the world. The electronic version of the guide and other resources are available online at: http://www.e-alliance.ch/en/s/food/2010-churches-week-of-action-on-food/ 

 

What can I do?

Hold a worship service focused on food and gender on the Sunday at the beginning or end of the Week of Action or on both days. Use or adapt the liturgy found in the EAA resource guide.

Encourage a national letter writing campaign calling national governments to safeguard communal land against land grabbing using the EAA Model Letter Adopt, adapt, collect signatures and send to the same people/institutions on the same day.
Organize an Agape meal prepared with food produced by women or purchased from fair trade shops and invite guests (including local politicians, press, celebrities etc). Use the EAA prayer card before meals.

Enter the EAA Food for Life competition by writing and submitting sermons on food and gender for promotion in 2011. Details of the competition will be available online during the Week of Action or you can write to sermons@who-needs-spam.e-alliance.ch

Let the media know about your events or write a letter to the editor to let more people know about the issues around food and gender.

Tell us what you are doing! Inspire others and share your ideas by sending information on your events and actions to foodweek@who-needs-spam.e-alliance.ch

The EAA has collected and adapted resources for you to use throughout the week. See the EAA website.

CWS will be producing additional material in the lead up to the week.  Please contact us for more information from Aotearoa New Zealand: cws@cws.org.nz