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“10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year.”(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)
This is just one of the many frightening statistics about hunger. If the first statistic doesn’t frighten you, perhaps, this one will...
“1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union.”(Source:FAO news release, 19 June 2009)
Hunger is a global concern. Men, women and children in underdeveloped and developing countries are dying of starvation, malnutrition and diseases related to a lack of nutrition and clean drinking water.
There are ways to help. The Hunger Site is dedicated to helping feed the hungry. Just by visiting the website and clicking a few buttons you can be assured that you are giving aid to those who are hungry. One click equals one cup of food. That one cup of food might be the only breakfast a mother, a father or a child has seen in days.
Another way to help is by visiting The World Food Programme. If you are a writer, you can join the program called Bloggers Against Hunger to help spread awareness about hunger concerns facing the world today. Or you can donate food by playing games online. One game is called Free Rice. For every correct answer 10 grains of rice are added to a bowl. The rice total is then donated through the World Food Programme and distributed to those who are hungry. Free Rice has provided food to Myanmar refugees, schools in Cambodia, pregnant women in Cambodia and many other places around the globe.
Hunger is a global concern. Are you concerned enough to do something about it?
This is just one of the many frightening statistics about hunger. If the first statistic doesn’t frighten you, perhaps, this one will...
“1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union.”(Source:FAO news release, 19 June 2009)
Hunger is a global concern. Men, women and children in underdeveloped and developing countries are dying of starvation, malnutrition and diseases related to a lack of nutrition and clean drinking water.
There are ways to help. The Hunger Site is dedicated to helping feed the hungry. Just by visiting the website and clicking a few buttons you can be assured that you are giving aid to those who are hungry. One click equals one cup of food. That one cup of food might be the only breakfast a mother, a father or a child has seen in days.
Another way to help is by visiting The World Food Programme. If you are a writer, you can join the program called Bloggers Against Hunger to help spread awareness about hunger concerns facing the world today. Or you can donate food by playing games online. One game is called Free Rice. For every correct answer 10 grains of rice are added to a bowl. The rice total is then donated through the World Food Programme and distributed to those who are hungry. Free Rice has provided food to Myanmar refugees, schools in Cambodia, pregnant women in Cambodia and many other places around the globe.
Hunger is a global concern. Are you concerned enough to do something about it?
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