On Oct. 4, Habitat for Humanity will join efforts around the world to mark World Habitat Day–a day the United Nations has set aside to call attention to the dire need for affordable, adequate housing. Liza Peiffer of Habitat for Humanity put together and informed me about a microsite with facts, videos, photos, banners and […]
Author Archives: Scott Hughes
Deadbeat Parents and Poverty
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States. 26 percent of children in the United States live in single parent homes. About 1.7 percent of single mothers and less than 1 percent of single fathers were widowed. 52.7 percent of fathers ordered to pay child support […]
Big Corporations Make Poor Pay More Taxes
Like many states and like the nation, my home state of CT is facing massive budget deficits that require significant budget changes to avoid bankruptcy and crisis. I believe there are large amounts of wasteful spending that could be cut from the budget that would close most if not all of the deficit. Unfortunately, what […]
Global Water Poverty Statistics
EndWaterPoverty.org provides the following facts and statistics about water poverty: 884 million people don’t have clean water and 40% of the world’s population suffer without a safe toilet, that’s 2.5 billion people. This crisis kills many and dramatically affecting life in developing countries. Preventable illnesses spread by the crisis heavily overburden health systems. More than […]
We Can End Poverty
Some people brush off those advocating the end of poverty as unrealistic. They falsely label the goal to end world hunger or to end poverty as impossible. In reality, we can end world hunger. We can end poverty. The world has way more than enough food to feed everyone. To illustrate, people in the United […]
Transcontinental Humanitarian Expedition
Chris Sorbi recently contacted me about his Transcontinental Humanitarian Expedition. He’s going around the world on his motorcycle to raise awareness about world hunger. He travels around on his motorcycle while also posting updates about his expedition and about hunger in general. I love the idea! First of all, I think motorcycles are cool. More […]