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Fight hunger with knowledge. In this short video, World Hunger Education Service’s Steve Hansch explains global hunger, discusses a few causes, and tells you how to get involved in humanitarian work.
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Fact Sheet: Understanding Global Hunger
Hunger is not having enough nutritious food. To end global hunger, nutritious food needs to be affordable and available to everyone. Learn about the meaning, causes, and solutions to global hunger.
Global Hunger: Children
Fact Sheet: Child Malnutrition
Adequate nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life is vital for proper brain development. Malnutrition can have long-term impacts on a child’s life, including their ability to learn in school and grow properly.
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Global Hunger in the News
Read the latest news and analysis about global hunger below.
Key U.N. Updates Show Alarming Hunger Trends
by December 12, 2025
Recent UN annual reports and updates about global hunger highlight several important issues and trends as we move into 2026: WFP will prioritize feeding 110 million in 2026 despite larger need: Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP...
Scoop: State Department ends support for some food security programs
by Elissa Miolene Devex December 9, 2025
"The decision halts funding for initiatives that build resilience in chronically food-insecure regions — known as resilience food security activities or nonemergency food aid — which are designed to reduce chronic hunger and prevent future emergencies." ...
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity
by WHES Team November 21, 2025
Lesson Plans on Hunger and Food Insecurity As part of its mission to educate about hunger, WHES has put together an index of publicly available lesson plans on hunger and food insecurity. Whether you are a school teacher, a homeschooling parent, a daycare wo...
Food Assistance Outlook Brief
by FEWS NET November 15, 2025
FEWS NET released their Food Assistance Outlook Brief for October 2025. The monthly outlook briefs provide country-by-country information on hunger hot spots as well as and global trends. This brief focused on Guatemala and Mozambique. You can also watch the recorded video of the free public bri...
USAID Library of Project Reports and Evaluations Now Available from Third Parties
by November 11, 2025
By: WHES Board (*Note this post was updated from its original Feb 18, 2025 version to add the two new pages with DEC resources.) American Taxpayers often have questions about how funds for foreign aid work. In early 2025 there has also been claims -- and false inform...
American Tariffs Hurt Poorest Nations
by August 10, 2025
Recent tariffs imposed by the U.S. President in 2025 have been much in the news. What has been less reported is how tarrifs more severely affect the poorest nations, with some countries facing tariffs 40% or higher. These high tariffs will cripple some poorer nations' export industries and lead ...
Hunger Hotspots Report, Summer 2025
by July 5, 2025
Hotspots for elevated hunger and malnutrition during the summer of 2025 were highlighted for Sudan, Gaza, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali in the new report produced by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, along with the World Food Program, with support from the European Union and the Global...
Why the Destruction of USAID Increases Hunger and Harms America
by Lani Marquez March 21, 2025
March 21, 2025 The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the agency created by Congress in 1961 to lead America’s development and humanitarian assistance, has been decimated by President Trump’s January 21 Executive Order freezing U.S. fore...
Prayer Vigil for Foreign Aid Unites Evangelicals for Aid
by March 13, 2025
A prayer vigil for foreign aid was held March 11, among some 50 Christians, at the Capitol Hill Presbyterian...
Questions to Ask about Aid from USAID
by Margie Ferris Morris February 14, 2025
The US Government Agency that Brings Aid - USAID USAID, started in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Estimates are that some 3 billion people in 150 countries have benefited directly from U.S. food assistance . The Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, a part of USAID, identifies fo...
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