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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
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Backing Egypt’s generals, Saudi Arabia promises financial support
by Liz Sly Washington Post August 9, 2013
Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the name of Michael W. Hanna’s foundation. It is the Century Foundation. An earlier version also incorrectly included Syria among nations racing to arm rival factions of the rebel fighters battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It is Sau...
In rural Honduras, the northward pull is strong
by Nick Miroff Washington Post August 5, 2013
COMAYAGUA, Honduras — It is 1,862 miles from here to the kitchens and lawns of Houston. The route through Mexico is more dangerous than ever. And if Santos Arias somehow manages to reach the U.S. border without getting arrested, kidnapped, robbed, maimed, beaten or killed along the way, chances ar...
Egypt general has country wondering about aims
by Kareen Fahim New York Times August 2, 2013
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Generating global governance to end hunger—a Q&A with the FAO director-general
by Matthew Newsome Inter Press Service July 25, 2013
ADDIS ABABA , Jul 2 2013 (IPS) - Sub-Saharan Africa may be home to six of the world’s 10-fastest growing economies, but it also has a majority of the countries that are suffering from a food crisis....
In Mexico, rails are risky crossing for a new wave of Central American migrants
by Nick Miroff Washington Post July 17, 2013
At a makeshift church shelter beyond the industrial parks north of Mexico City, the train riders wait under a canvas tent, listening for a locomotive horn. They keep their shoes on and their backpacks zipped....
War denying millions of children an education. Almost 50 million children and young people in conflict areas out of school, says report, with Syrian c...
by Mark Tran The Guardian July 11, 2013
Almost 50 million children and young people living in conflict areas are out of school, more than half of them primary age, and reports of attacks on education are rising, according to figures published on Friday....
Sudden improvements suggest a campaign to undermine Morsi
by Ben Hubbard and David D Kirkpatrick New York Times July 10, 2013
CAIRO — The streets seethe with protests and government ministers are on the run or in jail, but since the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi, life has somehow gotten better for many people across Egypt: Gas lines have disappeared, power cuts have stopped and the police have returned to the s...
Brazil unveils plan to hire 10,000 doctors for poor areas
by BBC News July 8, 2013
The shake-up will include employing foreign doctors for the first time from September, as well as changes to the university medicine curriculum....
A coup? Or something else? $1.5 billion in US aid is on the line
by Peter Baker New York Times July 4, 2013
WASHINGTON — By all accounts, the generals removed the democratically elected president, put him in detention, arrested his allies and suspended the Constitution. Army vehicles and soldiers in riot gear roamed the streets, while jet fighters roared overhead....
Barring of Bolivan plane infuriates Latin America as Snowden case widens
by William Neuman and Alison Smale New York Times July 3, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — The geopolitical storm churned up by Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive American intelligence contractor, continued to spread on Wednesday as Latin American leaders roundly condemned the refusal to let Bolivia’s president fly over several European nations, rallying to his side ...
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