UN food agency calls for renewed effort to fight hunger:
If the world hopes to achieve a set of internationally agreed development targets by 2015, it must begin by tackling hunger and extreme poverty, especially in sub-Saharan Africa the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf told the committee, “We stand […]
A recent report from the World Health Organization about drinking-water and sanitation says:
Safe drinking water, sanitation and good hygiene are fundamental to health, survival, growth and development. However, these basic necessities are still a luxury for many of the world’s poor people.
Over 1.1 billion of our fellow citizens do not use drinking water from […]
Microfinance loans demonstrate a great way to fight poverty and hunger without government interference or socialistic/leftist economic theory.
The limited amounts of these effective loans proves that the problem lay in the lack of opportunity available to the poor and hungry. Additionally, the fact that these are loans and not monetary gifts, but rather loans that […]
This short video quickly displays facts about hunger and poverty. At only one minute and fifteen seconds long, this enlightening video is a must-watch:
Charlotte, North Carolina has been home to the nation’s largest Crop Walk for more than 20 years. This year’s walk will be Oct. 15.
The Charlotte Crop Walk raises money to help Loaves & Fishes, Crisis Assistance Ministry and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina fight hunger in our area while supporting Church World Services […]
Grameen Foundation recently announced it has received a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support its work worldwide. The three-year grant will support Grameen Foundation’s strategic plan to use microfinance loans to ensure that at least 2.5 million poor families permanently escape poverty within five years
Grameen Foundation is a global […]
A YouTube user uploaded the following school project to show the important reality of hunger and poverty:
by Scott Hughes
Do you remember 9/11? I cried.
2,819 people died in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers [1].
16,000 children die every day from hunger [2]. That’s about one child every 5 seconds.
No doubt we have to end hunger, especially childhood hunger. This terrible horror plagues the whole world, not just isolated places. For example, […]