Bread for the World

Bread for the World takes steps to make sure that there is enough food for everyone. Because fighting hunger becomes increasingly important in times of climate change and ever scarcer resources.

Our guiding principles

Our work is rooted in the faith that bears witness to the world as God’s creation, in the love that encounters the Lord precisely in our disenfranchised and poorest neighbour, and in the hope that acts in accordance with God’s will in expectation of a just world. Bread for the World considers itself part of the global Christian Community. We seek the cooperation with churches and church agencies throughout the world and assume our responsibility in ecumenical networks.

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Our Work

The work of Bread for the World primarily focuses on the support of projects in the countries of the Global South. An essential feature of our projects is the close and continuous cooperation with local, often church-related partner organisations. Upon request, Bread for the World provides them with specialists and volunteers. Through lobbying, public relations and education in Germany and Europe we seek to influence political decisions in favor of the poor and to raise awareness for the necessity of a sustainable way of life.

Through its worldwide work Bread for the World seeks to overcome poverty and achieve more justice. In almost 100 countries all across the globe we empower the poor and marginalised to improve their living conditions by themselves.

More than food

The primary objective of our work is food security. But we also advocate the promotion of health and education, access to water, the respect for human rights and gender equality as well as the integrity of creation. Because bread means much more to us than simply food: In keeping with Martin Luther, we believe that it stands for everything people need for living.

United we stand

An essential feature of our projects is the close and continuous cooperation with local, often churchrelated partner organisations. Because they are best acquainted with the needs of the local people. Together with them we develop sustainable solutions for the most urging problems.

In addition to its projects Bread for the World also sends experienced specialists and young volunteers to the countries of the South. They work for a fixed term in the projects of the partner organisations.

Sharing Expertise

Upon request of its partner organisations, Bread for the World provides specialists with long-standing professional experience. They share their knowledge in areas where there are no or too few native specialists. Their active cooperation is the living proof of their solidarity with the people in the countries of the Global South.

Working as a Volunteer

Likewise young committed people can contribute for the duration of twelve months to the work of Bread for the World projects within the scope of a volunteer programme. Thus they support the work of the partner organisations while simultaneously gaining valuable life experience. Seminars help prepare them for their overseas placements.

We cannot overcome the hunger and poverty in the world without changing our life styles and our economic activities. Raising awareness for this is a key objective of the work of Bread for the World in Germany.

Dialogue with Politics

In order to highlight injustices and to initiate desperately needed changes, Bread for the World seeks the continuous exchange with the decision makers in politics, economy und society. This is often done in cooperation with partner organisations and other civil society actors.

Public Relations

However, shaping sustainable development is not exclusively a task for experts. Hence Bread for the World also engages in public relations and promotes the development educational work of parishes, schools, one world shops, partnership projects and political initiatives.

We are very grateful to our donors and to church and state funding agencies for their generous financial support for our important work in 2016. Bread for the World had more funds to allocate in 2016 than ever before. We are grateful for the trust in us which this represents.

The three most important pillars of finance for our work are donations and church collections (61.8 million euro), church funds (54.4 million euro), and state funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Protestant Association for Cooperation in Development (EZE) and Service Overseas (DÜ) (139.9 million euro). A total of about 274 million euro was available for Bread for the World’s development work in 2016 (255 million euro in 2015). There has been an especially large increase in the grant funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

The increased resources enabled us to finance essential investments by our partner organisations which had been delayed for a long time, such as the construction of social infrastructure and the provision of medical facilities and equipment. The stable income from church sources enables us to take up offers of funding from the Ministry, because all the grants are dependent on matching funding from our own resources. These welcome developments must not be allowed to obscure the fact that we are still not able to fund all the projects which deserve support.

By founding the Protestant Agency for Diakonie and Development the Protestant churches in Germany accepted the challenges of a globalised world.

The new agency located in Berlin merges the competences of the Social Service Agency of the Protestant Church in Germany, including its agencies Bread for the World and Diakonie Emergency Aid, with those of the Church Development Service. In doing so international development cooperation and national diakonia work are more closely interlinked with each other, yet maintain individual areas of responsibility in the divisions Bread for the World and Diakonie Germany.

The merger generates valuable synergies and new impulses. It allows the Protestant regional and free churches as well as the regional and specialist associations of Diakonie to speak with one voice on behalf of the people who suffer from poverty and injustice – in our own country and all over the world.

Do you have any questions regarding the work of Bread for the World? Or do you need more information? Please do not hesitate to contact the respective departments!

How to Contact Us

via e-mail

• Africa
  afrika@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• Near East, Caucasus and Asia-Pacific Region
  asien@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• Latin America and the Caribbean
  lateinamerika@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• Europe and Worldwide Programmes
  weltweit-europa@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• Politics
  politik@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• Public Relations and Cooperation
  info@brot-fuer-die-welt.de
• All other subjects
  kontakt@brot-fuer-die-welt.de

via mail

• Bread for the World
  Caroline-Michaelis-Str. 1
  10115 Berlin
  Germany

via phone

• +49 30 65211-1189

Bread for the World
Caroline-Michaelis-Str. 1
10115 Berlin Germany

Arriving via public transport from Airport Tegel

• Take bus 128 in the direction U Osloer Straße. The bus operates in 10 minutes intervals. Transfer to U6 (direction Alt-Mariendorf) at U-Kurt-Schumacher-Platz. Exit at the stop U Naturkundemuseum. (approx. 30 minutes)

Arriving via public transport from Airport Schönefeld

• Take the train RE 7 direction Dessau or RB 14 direction S+U Friedrichstraße/Nauen. Transfer at S+U Friedrichstraße to S1 (direction Oranienburg/Frohnau), S2 (direction Bernau/Buch) or S25 (direction Hennigsdorf). Exit at Nordbahnhof in direction Invalidenstraße. (approx. 50 minutes)
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• Take bus 171 in the direction U Hermannplatz or bus X7. Transfer to U7 (direction S+U Rathaus Spandau) at U Rudow. Then, transfer again at stop U Mehringdamm and change to U6 (direction U Alt-Tegel). Exit at U Naturkundemuseum. (approx. 56 minutes)
  

Arriving via public transport from Central Station (Hauptbahnhof)

• Tram:Take tram M5 (direction Hohenschönhausen, Zingster Straße), M8 (direction Ahrensfelde/Stadtgrenze/Landsberger Allee) or M10 (direction Warschauer Straße). Exit at Naturkundemuseum (M5) or Nordbahnhof (M8/M10). (approx. 13 minutes)
• S-Bahn: Take S5 or S7 in the direction of Alexanderplatz/Ostkreuz. Transfer to S1 (direction Oranienburg/Frohnau) or S2 (direction Bernau/Buch) or S25 (direction Hennigsdorf) at Friedrichstraße. All located at the basement. Exit at Nordbahnhof.

Other lines include

• U-Bahn: Take the U6 (direction Alt-Tegel - Alt-Mariendorf) and exit at U Naturkundemuseum.
• Tram: Take M10 or M8. Exit at the last stop Nordbahnhof. Take M6 and exit Naturkundemuseum.

From Nordbahnhof on foot

• Exit Nordbahnhof toward Invalidenstrasse.
• Take left on Invalidenstrasse and follow it for approximately 100 m. Then you reach our building. The main entrance is located near the three flags.
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By car

• Destination address for route guidance systems:
  Caroline-Michaelis-Str. 1
  10115 Berlin