David Beckmann is a Lutheran pastor and founder of Bread for the World, a Christian organization aimed at ending world hunger. He has overseen anti-hunger projects in several countries and served at the World Bank for 15 years. Beckmann continues to advocate for reforms to US foreign assistance and anti-hunger programs, and has testified before Congress numerous times. Under his leadership, Bread for the World has helped double US funding for poverty-focused development and brought attention to global hunger issues.

1. BREAD FOR THE WORLD
 David Beckmann(Pastor)
 Founder of Bread for the world(Christian Organization)
 Co-chairman of the Modernising Foreign Assistance Network

2. Introduction to David Beckmann
 He served at the World Bank for 15 years.
 President of Bread for the World since 1991.
 Beckmann has lived in Bangladesh and Ghana, overseen projects in
Bolivia and Ecuador, and visited more than 70 countries.
 In 2010, he was named a World Food Prize laureate.
 He founded and serves as president of the Alliance to end hunger
World since 1991.
 Lutheran Pastor as well as a missionary economist-a person that brings
the Christian faith and its moral teachings to bear on economic issues,
especially those that involve poverty.
 David Beckmann has been asked to testify in Congress numerous
times.

3. Achievements of David Beckmann
 In 2005, Beckmann delivered the prestigious McDougall
Lecture at the biannual meeting of the FAO Conference.
 Since 2000, the organization has helped to double U.S.
funding for poverty-focused development assistance.
 Beckmann is a 2010 World Food Prize laureate, the
Nobel Prize equivalent for food and agriculture.
 He earned degrees from Yale, Christ Seminary, and the
London School of Economics, and five universities have
awarded him honorary doctorates.

4. History of Venture Pg1(Vision)
 Bread for the world was founded in 1991 by David Beckmann.
Their motto is “Have Faith. End Hunger
 He wants to build the political will to move our leaders and
“change big systems in ways that will move us towards the
end of hunger in our country and around the world.”
 reform the federal
government's
food-aid programs so that
funds are used more
effectively and
efficiently.

5. History of Venture Pg2(Impact)
 Bread for the World has caused improvements to infrastructure, such
as new roads and buildings as well as how people’s lives have changed.
 Causing children to look better nourished. They also met women who
were taking advantage of new literacy education and microcredit
programs(programs that provide small loans to impoverished people to
help them get employed)
 In June 2012, Bread for the World brought 60 young ministers and
church leaders to Washington, D.C., for training as Hunger Justice
Leaders.
 The 50K campaign was created so that every church involved in the
campaign in the United States, big or small, would need to raise an
additional $50,000 each year for 10 years to cover the proposed
reductions to federal nutrition programs.

6. Credits
Sources
1.) http://www.bread.org/
2.) http://www.bread.org/about-us/annual-reports/annual-reports/2012-annual-
report.pdf
3.) http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/interviews/a-discussion-with-david-
beckmann-president-bread-for-the-world
4.) http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/DAVID/BECKMANN
5.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-beckmann/
6.) http://day1.org/1895-the_rev_david_beckmann
Group members
1.)Damian Lee
2.)Bryan Ho
3.)Lee Jo-Hann
4.)Zen Shawn