From: http://www.worldhungeryear.org/info_center/just_facts.asp US Hunger & Poverty Facts From 1967 to 2003, average household income (adjusted dollars) grew from $7.589 to 9,996 for those in the bottom 20%, and grew from $83,758 to $147,078 for those in the top 20%.1 In 2003, California had a poverty rate of 13.4%, compared to 9% in Virginia, 19.9% in […]
Monthly Archives: July 2006
How the Other Half Lives
In the late 1800’s, Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant in the United States, set out to document New York City’s teeming tenements on the Lower East Side. His finished product, How the Other Half Lives, was an immediate success and is now recognized as a canonical work of American sociology. By calling attention to the […]
The Hunger Project’s impact on population
From: http://www.thp.org/issues/ Population is linked to hunger – but not the way many people believe. We tend to grow up thinking that the problem of hunger is caused by overpopulation – too many people and not enough food. Some people even believe that deaths due to hunger actually help slow population growth. In fact, the […]
€10 million for Niger’s children
The European Commission has allocated an extra €10 million in humanitarian aid for vulnerable children in Niger. The aim is to reduce child malnutrition and mortality. Since the beginning of this year, more than 150,000 children in Niger have been admitted to nutritional centres, many of which are supported by the Commission’s aid. The aid […]
Low-Wage Jobs Alleviate Poverty
From: NextBillion.net – Development Through Enterprise In this Sunday’s Business section of the New York Times, Daniel Gross from Slate Magazine writes about the latest trend in international development: the $2 a day job. He begins his article discussing A to Z Manufacturing, a mosquito bed-netting business from Tanzania that pays its 2,000 female employees […]
Hunger Pains -Blogging For Hunger
From: http://blog2endhunger.blogspot.com/ Going hungry isn’t fun. It doesn’t feel good to the body or to the soul either. But it happens. It can happen to anyone. It has happened to me more than once. More than I’d like to admit, but, I think that people should know that no matter who you are, there’s always […]