World Hunger and Poverty

A few different organizations collaborated to research the effect of family poverty on children. The study took an in depth look at 70 low income families from both poor neighborhoods and more affluent ones.
The study took place in England, but I believe it can tell us the general effects of poverty on children everywhere.
Unsurprisingly, the […]

Many parents could provide their children with much better lives. These parents could create an enviornment more conducive to personal success for their child. Many of these parents live in poverty, and thus force their children to grow up in poverty.
Children who grow up in poverty have a much greater chance of ending up in […]

Thanksgiving has just passed and the December holiday season has already begun. Charities and hunger relief organizations see a massive influx of donations and volunteering during these holidays, especially Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Unfortunately, the rest of the year, these same organizations usually need much more volunteering and donations, especially the volunteering because extra money can be […]

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On Saturday, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus urged political leaders from different countries to compete in the eradication of poverty.
Poverty in Bangladesh has been falling by 2 percent per year thanks to the genius efforts of Yunus and his Grameen Bank. Yunus started the Grameen Bank with the help of self-help groups of poor people. The […]

I just read a Haaretz.com article about Jewish poverty in the United States. The article points out that the U.S. has a higher Jewish poverty rate than Israel. That means that a higher percentage of the United States’ Jewish population lives in poverty than Israel’s Jewish population.
This news may shock some people because they think […]

I just found an article that Kathryn McConnell wrote in October about Crop Hunger Walks in 2007.
Church World Service sponsors these walks. Like most charity walks and marathons, walkers get donations from people for walking. Of course, the walks themselves become major local events, which raises awareness about world hunger and poverty. People who hear […]

Today while at community service, I worked with a group of volunteers from Bank of America. I know they are Bank of America employees because they all wore red “Bank of America” t-shirts. They also told me so.
Perhaps only a few local Bank of America employees organized that volunteering. Of course, having employees […]

I found out about a neat website today. FreeRice.com lets you improve your vocabulary and fight world hunger at the same time. The service is both fun and free.
On the website, you try to choose the correct definition for a word. For each word you get correctly, they donate 10 grains of rice to the […]

I just read a disheartening article about Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke’s bleak outlook on the American economy. I include an excerpt:
On Thursday, one day after American stock markets plummeted in the face of mounting bank losses, soaring oil prices and record lows for the US dollar, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke gave […]