Canada came up with a great way to help fight world hunger this Halloween. Read the press release published on newswire.ca: From coast to coast, youth will be trick-or-treating for non-perishable foods instead of candy through Free The Children’s Halloween for Hunger campaign. This annual campaign challenges young people to think locally and act globally […]
Category Archives: Poverty News
Humanitarianism In A Post 9/11 World
Imagine sitting down to talk with eight mullahs in a village in central Afghanistan, meeting with people in the war-torn Gulu district in Uganda, or attending a town meeting of displaced persons in Colombia. How do people such as these, on the receiving end of international assistance, perceive humanitarian action in their respective countries? Is […]
DJ Bobo Fights World Hunger
DJ BOBO, the internationally renowned Swiss artist and winner of around ten World Music Awards, today takes up his appointment as National Ambassador Against Hunger for WFP. WFP is currently feeding six million people in Ethiopia, including 670,000 children thanks to its school feeding programmes. Education remains the best way of escaping the vicious circle […]
All I See Is Dead People
Marc Haron juxtaposes war statistics in his new article, All I See Are Dead People. He compares the tragic Iraq war, which, so far, has led to over 30,000 or 650,000 Iraqi deaths, depending on how one counts. In fact, Haron doesn’t mention it, but more Americans have died in the Iraq war than 9/11. […]
Millions Starving Shame the World, U.N. Says
By Thalif Deen – Inter Press Service United Nations (IPS): Since hunger and famine are still widespread in parts of Africa and Asia, the international community is in violation of the right to food as a basic universal human right, according to a new study released by the United Nations. “Despite promises to eradicate hunger, […]
Children Hungry In A Land Of Plenty
In a world such as ours where there is enough food to feed everybody, I find it extremely inappropriate and shameful for anyone to go hungry. Yet, this happens! Even worse, you know something’s terribly wrong with the social structure when the people who produce the food suffer from that preventable hunger. It gets even […]