The UN’s humanitarian aid chief on Monday said the food crisis in Yemen was unprecedented and 10 times worse than anything seen in South Sudan, announcing an appeal for US$4 billion (Dh14.69bn) that will be needed to fund next year’s relief effort.
Author: Sarah Polaski
New Program Combats Food Deserts With Discounted Rides To Southeast Grocery Stores
In Washington, DC, a new program aims to help residents in living in food deserts by providing discounted rides to grocery stores.
Northwest Arkansas Hunger Relief, Inc. Provides Aid to Other Agencies Battling Hunger
Northwest Arkansas Hunger Relief, Inc. is hyper focused on making a difference with the 25 agencies it supports.
Hunger risk for tamariki
In New Zealand, one in five children are at risk of going hungry, with Māori around twice as likely as non-Māori to live in food insecure households.
India Not On Track To Reach 2025 Nutrition Targets Or Achieve Zero Hunger By 2030
Increased food security and access has led to fewer malnourished and anaemic Indians in 2017 than in the preceding decade, but India needs to do much more to meet its nutrition goals, the 2018 Global Nutrition Report (GNR 2018) has shown
One in six children in America live in fear of hunger
One in 10 adults (nearly 15 million people) and one in six children in the U.S. have gone to bed hungry at some point in the past 3 years, according to a report from anti-hunger nonprofit Hunger Free America released Wednesday.
Western Sidney University invests $5m into food security research
Western Sydney University (WSU) will collaborate with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and 13 state agricultural universities on research to address global issues of food security and climate change.
Change in law means thousands more SF residents will receive food stamps
A change in state law will soon give thousands of San Francisco’s low-income elderly and disabled residents receiving Supplemental Security Income, who were previously not eligible for food stamps, access to the program.
We’re becoming desensitised to poverty in the UK – it’s time the government made food a basic right
A right to food would mean that all public institutions would have to offer adequate nutritious food, including hospitals and care homes
‘There are people that are literally starving’; College students in Queens facing greater risk of food insecurity
More college students in Queens worry about where their next meal is coming from than they did 10 or 15 years ago, according to a study from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute.
