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WORLD
HUNGER




Over 850 million
people in the world
are undernourished:


This equals roughly 14 percent of the world’s
population. However, there is enough food in
the world today for every man, woman and child
to lead a healthy and productive life.

Individuals do not get the food they need because
distribution is not equal, and they live in places
where there is a lack of resources.




Defining hunger:

Hunger is a feeling a person experiences from not
getting enough to eat. Most people who battle
hunger suffer from chronic undernourishment and
vitamin or mineral deficiencies, resulting in
stunted growth, weakness and heightened
vulnerability to illness.

This affects their long-term physical health
and mental capacity.




Different kinds of hunger:

Hunger can cause undernourishment and malnutrition.
The people who are undernourished live under the
recommended 2100 calories a day for an extended
period of time.

When an indivdual is undernourished, she is not
able to function physically and mentally in the
same way a person who eats properly does.

Malnutrition is a medical state that an individual
can be in when they have inadequate diet, or from
certain types of infections, or both.

Malnutrition is about the quality of the food that
a person receives, not just about quantity.

Acute malnutrition is a result of a rapid decrease
in food intake. It is a dangerous condition that
requires immediate care, increases susceptibility
to disease and leads to death if treatment is not
administered.




Who hunger affects:

Hunger disproportionately affects people who are living
in extreme poverty. The majority of people who are
undernourished live in developing countries.

Children less than 5 years old are the most sensitive
to malnutrition. The next most vulnerable population
is women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.




Sustainable solutions:

Solutions can come in many different forms and sizes.
Ending world hunger will require some short-term
interventions as well as long-term solutions.

It will take a coordinated, long-term, global effort
of people, communities, businesses, and governments
to accomplish this.

It is important for individuals in developed countries
to work in partnership with families and communities
to develop creative and local solutions to combat
poverty and overcome hunger.



NET AID
http://www.netaid.org/global_poverty/hunger/



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THE
WORLD
HUNGER
PROBLEMS




The world
hunger problem:
Facts, figures
and statistics:



In the Asian, African and Latin American
countries, well over 500 million people
are living in what the World Bank has
called "absolute poverty".


Every year 15 million
children die of hunger.


For the price of one missile, a school
full of hungry children could eat lunch
every day for 5 years.

Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million
children will die from illness and starvation.

Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for
the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the
world spends on its military in two days.


Every 3.6 seconds
someone dies
of hunger:


It is estimated that some 800 million people in
the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition,
about 100 times as many as those who actually
die from it each year.



THINK QUEST
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/present/stats./



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HUNGER
AND
WORLD
POVERTY




About 25,000 people die every day of hunger
or hunger-related causes, according to the
United Nations.

This is one person every three and a half
seconds.

Unfortunately, it is children who die most
often.

Yet there is plenty of food in the world
for everyone. The problem is that hungry
people are trapped in severe poverty.

They lack the money to buy enough food to
nourish themselves.

Being constantly malnourished, they become
weaker and often sick.

This makes them increasingly less able to
work, which then makes them even poorer
and hungrier.

This downward spiral often continues until
death for them and their families.



POVERTY
http://www.poverty.com/



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MEALS
ON
WHEELS




Meals on Wheels is the name for programs that
deliver meals to individuals at home who are
unable to purchase or prepare their own meals,
and it is often used to generically refer to
home-delivered meals programs, not all of
which are actually named "Meals on Wheels."

Because they are homebound, many of the
recipients Bare the elderly; not surprisingly,
most of the volunteers are also elderly but
able bodied.



Meals on Wheels
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meals_on_Wheels



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MEALS
ON
WHEELS
ASSOCIATION
OF
AMERICA
MOWAA




Meals On Wheels Association of America
(MOWAA) is the oldest and largest
organization in the United States
representing those who provide meal
services to people in need.

MOWAA works toward the social, physical,
nutritional, and economic betterment of
vulnerable Americans.

The Meals On Wheels Association of America
provides the tools and information its
programs need to make a difference in the
lives of others.

It also gives cash grants to local senior
meal programs throughout the country to
assist in providing meals and other
nutrition services.



Meals On Wheels Association
of America MOWAA

http://www.mowaa.org/




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MEALS
ON
WHEELS
LINKS




Australian Meals on Wheels Association
http://www.mealsonwheels.org.au/

Meal Call.org
http://www.mealcall.org/

Meals On Disk
http://www.mealsondisk.com/

Meals On Wheels Association of America MOWAA
http://www.mowaa.org/

Meals on Wheels and More
http://www.mealsonwheelsandmore.org/

National Association of Care Catering
http://www.thenacc.co.uk/



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GLOBAL
WORLD
HUNGER
LINKS




Acton Institute
http://www.acton.org/

Alliance to end hunger
http://www.alliancetoendhunger.org/

Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org/

CARE
http://www.care.org/

CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS FUND
http://www.ChristianChildrensFund.org/

The Congressional Hunger Center
http://www.hungercenter.org/

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
http://www.elca.org/

Feed The Children
http://www.feedthechildren.org/



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Feeding Minds
http://www.feedingminds.org/

Fight Hunger.org
http://www.fighthunger.org/

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
http://www.fao.org/

Food First
http://www.foodfirst.org/

Food for Orphans
http://www.FoodforOrphans.org

GO VEG
http://www.goveg.com/

Green Peace
http://www.greenpeace.org/

Heifer International
http://www.heifer.org/



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HUNGER CENTER
http://www.hungercenter.org

International Alliance Against Hunger
http://www.iaahp.net/

International Mission Board
http://www.imb.org/

Meals On Wheels Association of America MOWAA
http://www.mowaa.org/

National Policy Analysis
http://www.nationalcenter.org/

NET AID
http://www.netaid.org/

The New Internationalist
http://www.newint.org/

Poverty.com
http://www.poverty.com/



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Swiss National Alliance
http://www.allianz-hunger.ch/

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

WORLD BANK
http://www.WorldBank.org/

World Food Day USA
http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/

The World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org/

The World Food Prize
http://www.worldfoodprize.org/

World Hunger
http://www.worldhunger.org/

World Hunger Education
http://www.hungerhurts.org/

WORLD HUNGER FUND
http://www.worldhungerfund.com/

World Hunger Year
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/

World Manna.com
http://www.worldmanna.org/



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