World Hunger and Poverty

For those of you not already familiar with the Free Hugs Campaign, I recommend you watch the following YouTube video. I bet it will make you smile:

I love it! It is entertaining and pleasantly funny to watch this random long-haired guy walk around with a sign offering free hugs. More seriously, I feel even a […]

On The Daily Show last night, John Stewart interviewed economist Jeffrey Sachs. Check it out:

I look forward to reading Jeffery Sachs new book, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Regarding the interview, I like that he empathizes the connection between poverty and wasteful, destructive militarism. Also, I like that he basically says that we […]

Happy New Year! Check out this YouTube video about world hunger that I made yesterday:

Please post your comments on the video in this thread in the World Hunger and Poverty Forums.

The following video shows Tupac Shakur performing his song Brenda’s Got A Baby, which tells the story of a 12-year-old girl from the ghetto who has a baby that she cannot support. The song addresses teen pregnancy and the lack of support for impoverished teens from their families, the government, and society. Watch it:

I wish […]

The following video shows glimpses of children around the world, with a song by Tim Janis, in support of CROP Hunger Walks. The song is sung by school children in Kenya.

Poverty & Hunger Facts:

18,000 children die everyday from hunger.
Globally, over 1 billion children live in poverty.
In the United States, 14 million children live in food […]

A.R. Rahman’s English single “Pray For Me Brother” will be the UN’s anthem for its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign.
Music has the power to inspire people. I hope this song inspires the world to increase the efforts to end poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Unfortunately, at the current pace, we cannot reach the MDGs.

Rather than mourn a good person’s death, it’s better to celebrate the life that they had lived. On today, what would have been the seventy-eighth birthday of the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I cannot bring myself to celebration. I cannot bring myself to happiness.
I am so happy that the great Martin Luther King […]

Back in 1971, John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono let the world imagine a better world, with no need for greed or hunger. Watch the video of their song, Imagine:

Recently, A Perfect Circle has made a downbeat remix:

Unfortunately, I think the downbeat version fits our contemporary world more than Lennon’s original. It’s […]

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:

A YouTube user uploaded the following school project to show the important reality of hunger and poverty: