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Walking Against Hunger One of the goals set by world leaders in the Millennium
Summit at the United Nations in 2000 was to eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger by 2015 (see the
Millennium Goals). Since this is only possible if there is the
political will to reach the goal, the
UN World Food Program organizes each year a Walk against Hunger to
underscore the need to insist
Starting out after the 8am mass in the three chapels where
we attend (Montserrat, Santa Maria and San Nicolas de Tolentino), the three
groups of people united near a local university and walked to the main plaza
of the city with signs meant to awaken interest and concern in the local
population and thus in the political leaders. Local television stations interviewed the marchers along the route and in the main square one representative of each of the chapels gave a short reflection to animate the group into working continually for the aim of eliminating world hunger. |
upon
world leaders to attend to this urgent need of justice. The date of
the walk varies each year and some local conditions mean adjusting the date
to promote greater participation. This year the community of Trujillo
made is annual participation in the march on Sunday May 18th.