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    Ask an Expert

    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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    Test Your Knowledge

    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.

Recognizing Aquaculture “Pond to Pot” as a Food Security Game-Changer for Many

by Lydia Sasu Farm Journal May 19, 2021

The winner of this year’s World Food Prize has dedicated her life to this concept [pond to pot], as she promotes the best practices for raising small fish and making sure those excellent sources of protein, calcium, iron and more are easily available for families as part of a balanced and nutritio...

UNICEF warns about food crisis in the world

by UNICEF Prensa Latina May 10, 2021

Nearly 20 million people faced food crises in 2020 due to a toxic combination of conflict, climate change and Covid-19 pandemic, UNICEF warned....

Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises

by World Food Programme YubaNet.com May 6, 2021

The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises...

Stalked by death: How rising food insecurity is killing war-torn Yemen’s children

by Jane Ferguson PBS News Hour May 5, 2021

Nearly seven years of war in Yemen have produced the world's most dire humanitarian catastrophe. Millions are starving and have little in the way of medical care....

25 Ways to Reduce Food Waste

by Alison Mountford StopFoodWaste.org April 28, 2021

For #StopFoodWasteDay here are more tips to reduce food waste...

The US food system creates hunger and debt – but there is another way

by Michael Fakhri The Guardian April 24, 2021

Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, says the US food system is built on injustices but there is hope where people are prioritizing the right to food...

‘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....

Normal Borlaug

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...

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  • World Hunger Education
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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.