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Bangladeshi mothers receive information about maternal and child health. Nutrition for children in
the first one thousand days of life will be the focus of the June 10 international meeting convened
by Bread for the World Institute during Bread for the World’s 2013 National Gathering: A Place at the
Table, June 8-11 in Washington, D.C.
Planning for the Next 1,000 Days
By her second birthday, a healthy toddler is talking, walking, and
steadily moving toward a life of opportunity. Parents around the world
marvel at the phenomenal progress that their child makes from the
moment that the mother discovers that she is pregnant to that special
birthday one thousand days later.
Bread for the World’s 2013 National Gathering Will Mark Progress
in Maternal and Child Nutrition
Nearly one thousand days ago, a global initiative to improve maternal and
child nutrition was born. As Bread for the World prepares for our 2013 National
Gathering—a biennial convergence of grassroots anti-hunger advocates—Bread
for the World Institute is celebrating, taking stock of, and looking at next steps
for the 1,000 Days Partnership and the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement.
During the 2010 United Nations General Assembly, then-Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton joined then-Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin in launching
(See Gathering on page 2)
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Bread for the World
is a collective Christian voice
urging our nation’s decision
makers to end hunger
at home and abroad
May-June 2013 | www.bread.org
Act Now!
Congress is writing the farm bill right
now and they need to hear from
you. Any farm bill must not increase
hunger in the United States or
around the world. Call your members
of Congress and tell them to
• protect and strengthen SNAP
(formerly food stamps). SNAP
effectively and efficiently helps
47 million low-income Americans
put food on the table.
• improve international food
aid to make the program more
efficient while also targeting the
nutritional needs of women and
children in the 1,000-day window
from pregnancy to age 2.
Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202224-3121 or use our toll free number:
1-800-826-3688.