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Hunger in the News
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Africa
Hunger Notes Co-sponsors Basic Education Roundtable
World Hunger Education Service (WHES) is co-hosting a roundtable of experts on June 12, 2025, a Thursday, to discuss American experiences and capabilities for supporting basic education overseas, including recommendations for how U.S. official foreig...
Africa
Demise of McGovern-Dole School Feeding
This month, May 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cancelled most of its existing foreign assistance programs, including those involving overseas school fee...
Agriculture & Nutrition
Famine Early Warning System Restarted
Correction & Update: Hunger Notes reported on March 19 about the cancellation of the important, 40-year-old Famine Early Warning System program, cre...
Africa
World Hunger Day
May 28 is World Hunger Day, a global initiative to raise awareness about global hunger and inspire action to address food insecurity and malnutrition. World Hunger Day has been celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty since 2011, and...
Agriculture & Nutrition
2nd Annual International Food Aid Showcase, June 10 in Washington, D.C.
George Washington University (GW), in Washington, D.C. will host a gathering of NGO and food experts on June 10, 2025, to share lessons about overseas food aid and look ahead. It is co-sponsored by Counterpart International (an international NGO), ...
Americas
Wall of Fallen American USAID Staff
Until early 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) showcased a memorial wall in the lobby of its Washington, D.C. headquarters, in the Ronald Reagan Building. The Trump Administration had it torn down and removed on April 30, 2...
United States
Roundtable on June 5 about American Foreign Assistance and Faith-Based Organizations
World Hunger Education Service (the nonprofit overseeing this Hunger Notes site), joins with Fordham University, HIAS, Lipscomb University, and George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health in organizing and convening a virt...
Africa
Book: How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil has produced an increasing repertoire of books summarizing how humans consume different resources. Over four decades he has visited many topics including food availability and its constraints. His latest 2025 book, "How to Feed the Wo...
Africa
Book Review: Hot, Hungry Planet
Lisa Palmer's book, Hot, Hungry Planet, The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change, presents seven case studies of individuals working in different continents in the race against hunger, noting that "with a growing ...
Books & Media Reviews
Book Review: We Fed an Island - the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
The book, “We Fed An Island - One Meal at a Time” by Chef Jose Andres (2018, Harper Collins Publisher) describes how the NGO, World Central Kitchen (WCK), reacted to the 2017 Hurricane Maria after it hit Puerto Rico, knocking out power and destro...
United States
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Wall of Fallen American USAID Staff by S Hansch and P Morris, WHES
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Roundtable on June 5 about American Foreign Assistance and Faith-Based Organizations by WHES
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Opinion
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In Memoriam: The US Famine Early Warning System, Known as FEWS, as well as SERVIR by Steven Hansch
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Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID by Margie Ferris Morris
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USAID Adds Value in Disaster Response, Says Former Hunger Notes Chair by Peter Morris, Retired USAID Disaster Leader
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