For some, banquet means lots of food. But for many, the only meal served is hunger. Feast or famine - it's the luck of the draw.

As you give thanks this holiday season, share the idea of an Oxfam Hunger Banquet with your family and friends. Visit Oxfam’s Fast for a World Harvest site.

Today, the Thursday before Thanksgiving, thousands of Americans are educating their friends and family about the more than 850 million people who routinely go to sleep hungry.


Share This Simple Idea With Your Family


If 20 people sit down at your table, representing the world’s population:

3 would be served a gourmet, multi-course meal, while sitting at decorated table and a cushioned chair.

5 would eat rice and beans with a fork and sit on a simple cushion.

12 would wait in line to receive a small portion of rice that they would eat with their hands while sitting on the floor.

The true power of an Oxfam Hunger Banquet is that as you eat your meal, unlike the real world, you see what’s on everyone else’s plate.