Poor country debt keeps children from getting the food and education they need. It keeps families from receiving health care. It keeps millions of people bound to poverty. Debt relief is hunger relief. Debt relief is medical care for children.
Debt relief is clean water and roads for farmers.
The relatively small amount of money for debt relief would have a big effect on children and families in poverty-stricken countries. Now is the time to be people of our word. Congress must fully fund debt relief this year. The world's poorest people should not have to wait any longer. Founded in 1974, Bread for the World's members lobby Congress and the administration to bring about public policy changes that address the root causes of hunger and poverty in the United States and overseas.