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World Hunger
Hunger
Basics
More than 800 million people in the world go hungry. In developing
countries, 6 million children die each year, mostly from hunger-related
causes. In the United States, 12 million children live in households
where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet.
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Hunger
in a Land of Plenty
There is food for all, yet hunger persists. The good news: the
number of hungry persons in developing countries has declined
from one in three in 1970 to one in five by the mid-1990s. But
we are a long way from realizing the dream of the Presidential
Commission on Hunger in 1980: to eliminate the worst aspects
of hunger and malnutrition by the year 2000. more...
Bread
for the world launches "Rise to the challenge: End world
hunder"
The Christian anti-hunger advocacy organization Bread for the
World and other religious groups are urging the U.S. Congress
to increase poverty-focused development assistance to poor countries
through the newly-proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA).
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Hunger
Education from Church World Service
Our world's resources are not distributed fairly. Some lack
enough to live, others have vastly more than they need. These
activities raise the question: How do we build a world of enough?
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Food
and Faith
In the U.S., there are more people in prison than people in
farming. (2 million vs. 1.9 million). Over ten years, more
farmers will lose their jobs than any other profession.
(1998-2008 projected decrease of 13%.) more...
Facing
Hunger in This Land of Plenty
The floor was hard and the room cold as the young and
not-so-young stretched and yawned their way from sleep to
wakefulness in the early morning hours. Lines formed outside the
restrooms. more...
A
Better Way to Feed the Hungry
Bill Gates thinks he's got a brilliant idea: fighting
malnutrition abroad by fortifying food. The scheme, backed with
$50 million from the Gates Foundation, in part encourage Proctor
& Gamble, Philip Morris' Kraft, and other companies to
develop vitamin and iron-fortified processed foods. It then
facilitates their entry into Third World markets. more...
The
Problem of Malnutrition
Malnutrition is largely a silent and invisible emergency,
exacting a terrible toll on children and their families. The
result of multiple causes, including a lack of food, common and
preventable infections, inadequate care and unsafe water, it
plays a role in more than half of the nearly 11 million deaths
each year of children under five in developing countries.
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Hunger
in the U.S.
One of the most disturbing and extraordinary aspects of life
in this very wealthy country is the persistence of hunger. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, based on a national
U.S. Census Bureau survey of households representative of the
U.S. population, that in 2000 10.5 percent of all U.S. households,
representing 20 million adults and 13 million children, were
"food insecure" because of lack of resources.
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World
Health Organization: Hunger Is the Major World Health Problem
Hunger is the major health risk globally, the World Health
Organization finds in a new study. Some 170 million children in
poor countries are underweight, mainly from lack of food. more...
Fifteen
Ways to Help Cure Hunger
(1) PRAY and meditate on some Bible passages which instruct us
how to respond to hungry and poor people.* (Deut. 15:7-11;
Psalms 146:5-7; Prov. 14:21; Isaiah 3:13-15; 58:1-10; Matt.
25:31-46; Luke 6:20-26, 16:19-31; 2 Cor. 9:6-15; James 2:14-17;
and I John 3:16-18) more...
Millions
worldwide live with hunger
In the United States, 33 million people are living in households
that experience hunger or are at risk of hunger. More than 800
million people worldwide are malnourished. more...
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