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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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Hunger Basics
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.
‘No food in the fridge’: A gruelling Ramadan in Lebanon
by Kareem Chehayeb Al Jazeera April 19, 2021
Aid groups are struggling to feed thousands of vulnerable families in Lebanon amid highest food inflation in the world....
Documentary Looks Back at Norman Borlaug’s Career
by March 28, 2021
A recent documentary available from the Public Broadcast System (PBS) and WGBH "The Man Who Tried to Feed the World" (2020) briefly surveys the motivations and achievem...
World Food Prize Laureates Appeal for Greater US Leadership to End World Hunger
by Lawrence Haddad World Food Prize Laureates, February 25, 2021
Lawrence Haddad, who shared last year's World Food Price with David Nabarro appeals to the United States to lead in ending World Hunger and Malnutrition with Four Calls to Action. 1) Re-establish American leadership to end global hunger and malnutrition, 2) Play a strong leadership role in the upcom...
United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021
by United Nations UN February 9, 2021
The United Nations will host a Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in 2021 - in September or October. This Summit will be unique in that it will be open to everyone to participate (as a virtual summit). The Summit's purpose is to raise awareness and elevate public discussion about how reforming our food s...
David Beasley, WFP Executive Director, Warns of Famine in Nobel Prize Speech
by Kenny Stancil CommonDreams News December 17, 2020
David Beasley, the Executive Director of the UN World Food Program (WFP), warns of famine in his acceptance speech on behalf of WFP as the world reels from the Covid-19 Pandemic and on-going conflict in Yemen. ...
Four Famine Hot Spots
by WFP Staff WFP/FAO November 9, 2020
The World food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have reported that Burkina Faso, Yemen, Nigeria's Northeast and South Sudan are considered the top four famine hot spots. ...
The cost of a plate of food 2020
by World Food Programme World Food Programme November 7, 2020
The World Food Programme details what a plate of food costs around the world...
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Food Security
by FEWS Net FEWS Net October 29, 2020
FEWS Net offers an interactive map and briefing on the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security....
England footballer raises funds for hungry children
by Alexandra Topping and Patrick Butler The Guardian October 24, 2020
After the government declined to extend meal benefits for children, England and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford began collecting donations from businesses and citizens....
A U.N. Agency Lauded for Its Work Faces a Funding Shortage
by Augusta Saraiva, Darcy Palder Foreign Policy October 20, 2020
The World Food Program will need more than a Nobel Prize to feed the millions who are newly food-insecure....
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