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    Video: Global Hunger Basics

    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.

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    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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    Hunger Quiz: Global Hunger

    Are you ready to challenge your understanding and make a real impact? Each completed quiz doesn’t just boost your awareness—it also translates into tangible aid for those in need. As you uncover surprising truths about global hunger, Hunger Notes will make a donation to organizations responding to hunger.

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    Global Hunger Links

    Dive deeper into the issue of global hunger with curated resources from our trusted partners. Discover the dedicated organizations joining forces to eradicate hunger worldwide.

     

    Global Hunger in the News

    Read the latest news and analysis about global hunger below.

In this photograph taken on September 16, 2013, an alleged Indian human-trafficking victim sits at a police station after being rescued from a village in Karnal around 100 kms from New Delhi. In India, mostly women are trafficked or tricked into different forms of slavery ranging from domestic service to prostitution. Desperately poor parents also sell their children who are then forced into begging rackets and manual labor. Photo: Manan Vatsayana/Getty Image

Slavery is still thriving and is more profitable than big oil

by Karina Kolodny Huffington Post May 22, 2014

It's hard to believe, but even today, people are forced into slavery, girls are sexually exploited and children are forced to do hard labor -- all for the sake of profits....

Mubarak gets three years for embezzlement, and his sons get 4

by David D Kirkpatrick New York Times May 21, 2014

CAIRO — A criminal court here convicted former President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday of embezzling millions of dollars of public money for his personal use in private homes and palaces, in a case that rights advocates say could now implicate the current prime minister and spy chief....

Above a busy intersection in Mexico City, a billboard tallies  Mexican education funds wasted since the first day of school last month. According to this new “abuse meter” about $2.8 billion annually goes into the pockets of 298,174 no-show teachers and administrators who collect pay without working. Photo: Adriana Zehbrauskas/New York Times

Billboard drives home extent of corruption as Mexican schools suffer

by Damien Cave New York Times September 1, 2014

MEXICO CITY — All over Mexico, children have begun making their way to school for the start of a new year — many stepping into run-down buildings without running water, new textbooks or trained teachers....

Climate change deemed growing security threat by military researchers: Climate change-induced drought in the Middle East and Africa is leading to conf...

by Coral Davenport New York Times May 13, 2014

WASHINGTON — The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and acts as a catalyst for global political conflict, a report published Tuesday by a leading government-funded military research organization concluded....

Pope Francis calls for ‘legitimate redistribution’ of wealth to the poor

by Nicole Winfield Associated Press/Huffington Post May 9, 2014

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today....

Some 2.5 billion people still use unimproved sanitation facilities. Photo: Ahmed Dalloul/IRIN

Water and sanitation gains mask growing inequalities

by IRIN News May 8, 2014

Inequalities in access to clean drinking water and sanitation persist and in some cases are getting worse, although close to two billion people globally have gained access to clean drinking water and sanitation since 1990, according to new data from the World Health Organization and the UN Children...

South stymies North in global trade talks

by Ravi Kanth Devarakonda Inter Press Service July 26, 2014

GENEVA, Jul 26 2014 (IPS) - A group of developing countries brought a tectonic shift at the World Trade Organization on Friday by turning the tables against the industrialised countries, when they offered a positive trade agenda to expeditiously arrive at a permanent solution for food security and o...

Polio’s return after near eradication prompts global health warning

by Donald G McNeil Jr New York Times May 5, 2014

Alarmed by the spread of polio to several fragile countries, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on Monday for only the second time since regulations permitting it to do so were adopted in 2007....

India’s battle with the World Trade Organization

by Raymond Zhong Wall Street Journal July 23, 2014

India is on the verge of torpedoing another trade pact, and at issue yet again are the country’s massive government programs to help both farmers and the millions of poor households who buy the food they grow....

In rural Egypt, democracy withers

by Abigail Hauslohner Washington Post May 3, 2014

FAYOUM, Egypt — Two years ago, people here were enthusiastic about democracy....

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  • About WHES & Hunger Notes
    For the past 50 years, since its founding in 1976, the mission of World Hunger Education Service is to undertake programs, including Hunger Notes, that
    • Educate the general public and target groups about the extent and causes of hunger and malnutrition in the United States and the world
    • Advance comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the world food problem
    • Facilitate communication and networking among those who are working for solutions
    • Promote individual and collective commitments to sustainable hunger solutions.