Whe-ac Hosts Ravi Khanna Lecture

Fall is here and the World Hunger Education Action Committee (WHE-AC) is continuing its commitment to further understand the complex social, environmental, economic and political forces that both create and promote world hunger.

WHE-AC is already preparing for the Oxfam Fast for a World Harvest which will take place in mid-November. Our goal is to raise awareness of local and global hunger issues and to raise funds fór Oxfam America, an international grassroots development organization. Last year we were able to raise $8,000. Fifty percent of those funds went to Oxfam America for development projects; the other fifty percent went to local hunger organizations. In late October of this year the co-director of Oxfam America's Fasl for a World Harvest, Ravi Khanna, will be in Ann Arbor to present a lecture on the purpose of fasting and the implication of a national fast. Fliers, advertising this event, will be posted in the third week of October.

WHE-AC is also helping organize the Crop Walk on Sunday, October 9, 1988. We encourage people to walk or sponsor walkers (see Calendar for more information).

The farmers training project in the Philippines which WHE-AC adopted through Overseas Development Network is now fully funded thanks to donations from the community and a benefit concert which was held in August.

WHE-AC is a campus based organization whose focus is the education of the community about the causes of and the solutions to world hunger. We recognize that true development can only be achieved by the empowerment of people on a grassroots level. With this in mind, we work closely with Oxfam America, Overseas Development Network, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy. WHE-AC is interested in your ideas and concerns about hunger issues and development. We meet every Monday night at 6 pm in 4202 Michigan Union.

The World Hunger Education Action Committee, 4202 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml 48109, 6634301.