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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.
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....
Gaza under fire—A humanitarian disaster
by Khaled Alashqar Inter Press Service July 22, 2014
GAZA CITY, Jul 22 2014 (IPS) - As a result of over two weeks of Israeli bombardment, thousands of Palestinian civilians have fled their homes in the north of Gaza and sought refuge in schools run by the UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees....
Maryland governor, Obama aides spar over unaccompanied immigrant children
by Jenna Johnson Washington Post July 16, 2014
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Honduran child migrants leave home because of poverty and violence
by Joshua Partlow Washington Post July 15, 2014
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — They are coming to America because a good job here means sewing underwear in a sweatshop for $47 a week.They are leaving neighborhoods where you can walk down block after block of abandoned houses spray-painted with gang graffiti, with collapsed roofs and jungle plants s...
When not to go to school
by Ranjita Biswas Inter Press Service April 19, 2014
KOLKATA, Apr 19 2014 (IPS) - In large parts of rural India, the absence of separate toilets for growing girls is taking a toll on their education. Many are unable to attend school during their menstrual cycle. According to the country’s Annual Status of Education Report in 2011, lack of access to ...
Fortified food—persuading the private sector to do good
by IRIN News April 18, 2014
With a certain amount of fanfare, Nigeria has just officially become a middle income country. It is not the sort of country associated with widespread hunger, or a country where people normally get, or expect to get, food aid. And yet around a quarter of small children in Nigeria are underweight, an...
Biofortified tortillas to provide micronutrients in Latin America
by Fabiola Ortiz Inter Press Service April 17, 2014
KIGALI, Apr 17 2014 (IPS) - Latin America is one of the regions in the world suffering from “hidden hunger” – a chronic lack of the micronutrients needed to ward off problems like anaemia, blindness, impaired immune systems, and stunted growth.Brazil is heading up a food biofortification effor...
El Niño triggers drought, food crisis in Nicaragua
by José Adán Silva Inter Press Service July 10, 2014
MANAGUA, Jul 10 2014 (IPS) - The spectre of famine is haunting Nicaragua. The second poorest country in Latin America, and one of the 10 most vulnerable to climate change in the world, is facing a meteorological phenomenon that threatens its food security....
Honduras: One year of community resistance in Rio Blanco
by Beverly Bell Pambazuka News April 16, 2014
‘Screw the company trying to take our river, and the government. If I die, I’m going to die defending life.’ So said María Santos Dominguez, a member of the Indigenous Council of the Lenca community of Rio Blanco, Honduras. ...
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