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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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Read the latest news and analysis about global hunger below.
Ending famine
by Irwin Loy The New Humanitarian January 19, 2023
This interview with Nicholas Haan from The New Humanitarian gives an inside look into the how the world is defining and addressing food insecurity and famine....
Global Hunger Index Reports Close to One Billion Will Not Have Enough Food to Eat
by October 13, 2022
The Global Hunger Index (GHI) Report at https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ is produced by Concern Worldwide, based in Ireland, and Welthungerhilfe, based in Germany. These Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are expert in global foo...
USAID Administrator Power discusses food insecurity with colleagues
by August 18, 2022
At a meeting held July 18, 2022, sponsored by the think tank, CSIS, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and a panel of specialists discuss the current global food insecurity crisis, noting how it has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate...
World Hunger Education Service (WHES) Celebrates Antonio Gayoso’s Long Career as Board Member
by WHES Staff August 9, 2022
On July 30th 2022, World Hunger Education Service hosted luncheon to celebrate Antonio Gayoso, a former Board Chair, and Board member for the past 25 years. Antonio retired from the board in January 2022. Among the attendees were Joan Dudic-Gayoso, Dr. Tony Gayoso (Antonio's son), former Board me...
Resilience Book Review: Ending Hunger – The Quest to Feed the World without Destroying It
by August 8, 2022
Anthony Warner's 2022 book "Ending Hunger - the Quest to Feed the World Without Destroying it" (Oneworld Press) attempts to challenge the myths he sees in social discourse in developed countries about how to address world food problems. Based on his popular blog "the Angr...
WFP’s Chief Economist Comments that World is “Exploding” with Food Insecurity
by Megan Durisin (Bloomberg Business Week) Yahoo Finance May 4, 2022
In an comment on May 4, 2022 about the Global Network Against Food Crises report that Global hunger will increase this coming year; Arif Husain, the Chief Economist for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said the "the world is exploding with food insecurity"....
World Bank Releases New Report on Ukraine War and Global Food Crisis
by The World Bank Group Commodity Markets Outlook: The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Commodity Markets, April 2022. World Bank, Washington, DC. May 1, 2022
The World Bank has released a commodity markets report this April on the Impact of the War in Ukraine on World Commodity Markets. In this report, they state that rising oil prices, inflation and the fertilizer scarcity that the war in Ukraine has created has become the greatest shock to g...
Hunger in Niger
by WHES March 30, 2022
Niger is one of the countries within the Sahel region on the southern border of the great Sahara Desert in West Africa. Niger rests directly north of Nigeria, and is home to over 24 million people. As the country enters April which this year is the month of Ramadan, it is sobering to observe the...
UN/WFP – Ukraine Conflict’s Implications for Global Food Security
by World Food Programme WFP.org March 11, 2022
The United Nations / World Food Programme has created a publication on the food security implications of the Ukraine Conflict and the ramifications for the global food and energy markets....
Global Food Crisis Grows as Result of Ongoing War in Ukraine
by Nigel Hunt Reuters/Yahoo.com March 9, 2022
Food commodity price rises mirror global energy price rises. Prices for edible oil as well as grains are rising as a result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Basic commodities well as fertilizers continue to rise globally as the conflict continues. ...
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