Elizabeth Schulte writes about people being killed in a world of plenty:
EVERY MINUTE of every day, 13 children die around the world of hunger and malnutrition. That’s the finding of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Its latest report shows that 18,000 children die each day–or 750 each hour–of malnutrition and its related diseases.
According […]
Jesse Jackson recently wrote an article in which he says America has a poor excuse for poverty. He writes:
We glimpsed misery in America during Katrina, as the poor were stranded in the storm. But those shocking pictures were misleading. America has a growing poverty problem, but it doesn’t look like New Orleans.
Most poor people are […]
The Hunger & Poverty Forums are currently having a post contest in which you can win $40.
March Post Contest - Win $40
At the Hunger & Poverty Forums we’re having a contest. The poster with the most amount of posts by the end of March wins $40! (Second place gets $20, and third gets $10.) Joining […]
A recent America Magazine editorial addresses homelessness:
While most people think of homelessness in terms of single men, roughly a third of the homeless population is made up of families, many of them headed by single parents. Families represent an especially vulnerable segment of the homeless population because of the presence of children. Advocates for the […]
Hindu.com reports on the new UN anthem for the fight against poverty:
Poverty has no caste or gender, but it now has a voice in the form of music virtuoso A R Rahman, whose English single “Pray For Me Brother” will be the UN’s anthem for its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign.
The MDGs comprise a set […]
Malungelo Booi reports that students in South African schools commit suicide due to hunger:
HUNGER and desperation are driving pupils at a school near Mthatha to commit suicide, according to the principal.
More than a quarter of the pupils at Upper Corana High School, in Misty Mount near Mthatha, may be HIV/Aids orphans, and the high scholar […]
The AP reports that the UN says 18,000 children die daily from hunger:
It is “a terrible indictment of the world in 2007″ that 18,000 children die every day because of hunger and malnutrition, and 850 million people go to bed every night with empty stomachs, the head of the UN food agency said on Friday.
James […]
In a recent press release the Green Party calls for fresh fruit in all primary schools (of New Zealand).
The Green Party is calling for the Free Fruit in Schools programme to be extended to all primary schools in New Zealand, and for the Government to make available free, healthy breakfasts in all schools, Green Party […]
Approximately 500,000 teens across the country intend to participate in the 2007 World Vision 30-Hour Famine.
For 30 hours, starting at noon Feb. 23, the participants plan to go without food, consuming only liquids, learn about world hunger and poverty and perform service projects in their communities.
The money raised by each participant contributes to the national […]
Larry Ault recently wrote an article describing the especially harsh effect HIV/AIDS has on blacks in the United States:
The National Center for Health Statistics 2006 report says HIV/AIDS is one of the top 10 causes of death for African-Americans.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for […]