World Hunger and Poverty

Let’s not waste our time with an any more of a verbose introduction than this sentence. As of 2004, 41.6 million United States people below the age of 65 do not have health insurance. As of 2004, 9.2% of United States children do not have health insurance.
As a result of those appalling statistics, many people […]

Terry Cline, administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington, had the following to say about homelessness:
“Each year some 2 to 3 million individuals experience a night of homelessness, and approximately 800,000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night.”
“By raising awareness about effective homelessness prevention and intervention […]

I think we all realize that the major media ignores serious social issues such as poverty. Major media prefers to report about trivial aspects of Paris Hilton’s life than to report about poverty. They rarely even mention simple statistics, such as the fact that 18,000 children die every day from hunger.
I see two major reasons […]

Often times in this field, we hear ignorant comments about poor people. I stopped counting how many times someone has told me that the poor or homeless should just get jobs.
It comes from the myth of meritocracy–the false belief that rich people have earned their wealth via work and production and that poor people have […]

Larry Esposito recently pointed me towards LIFT on his Morning Prayer thread in the Hunger & Poverty Forums.
‘Lift’ stands for ‘Leading India’s Future Today.’ The program  provides “leadership excellence training” to poor but extremely talented children in India.
By creating relationships with over 100 villages, LIFT can find the most capable leaders within the groups of […]

Pamela Yip recently wrote an article about how single women face a strong possibility of poverty in their later years. I include an excerpt:
It’s when an elderly spouse dies that the financial equilibrium suffers. If the husband dies, it’s much more devastating to the wife. Nearly 30 percent of older non-married women are either poor […]

The AP recently reported on the lack of progress in reaching the UN’s MDGs. I include an excerpt:
Halfway through a 15-year global development plan, millions of people are being lifted out of dire poverty and millions of children are going to school, but the world is failing to sufficiently cut hunger, maternal mortality and infant […]

Eurweb.com recently reported about a new book that will donate 10% of its proceeds to charity:
More than 13 million children suffer hunger, homelessness, and illiteracy in the richest nation on earth. In response to this startling statistic, Judson Press has released “Hope for Children in Poverty: Profiles and Possibilities.”
Ten percent of proceeds from sales of […]

George E Curry recently wrote an article about hunger in America. I include an excerpt:
Hunger in America is real. And, everyone asking for help on the street is not interested in conning the public or is headed to the nearest liquor store when someone gives them spare change.
Those of us who live in the most […]

According to the AP, agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug received the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday. Professor Norman Borlaug’s work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat spawned the Green Revolution and alleviated starvation in India and Pakistan in the 1960s.
Previously, Professor Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 after he founded the World Food […]