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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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Boom times in Paraguay leave many behind
by Simon Romero New York Times April 24, 2013
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Walk into the headquarters of the central bank of Paraguay, a sprawling seven-story structure surrounded by flowering silk floss trees, and the message is clear: officials proudly display charts showing a dizzying economic boom, with growth reaching 13 percent this year, maki...
A unified approach to climate change and hunger
by IRIN News April 24, 2013
Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face th...
A food fight over Food for Peace
by David Rodgers Politico April 24, 2013
After a decade of foreign wars, who’d have thought Washington would now be fighting over something called “Food for Peace”? Yet almost half the House Republicans voted against funding the Eisenhower-era icon in the previous Congress. And Wednesday found Rajiv Shah — the bright young star at ...
Bolivan ranchers try to drive Tsimané indians off their land
by Rafael Acuña Coaquira Inter Press Service April 20, 2013
EL JATATAL, Bolivia, Mar 25 2013 (IPS) - “We can’t take any more abuse,” Carmelo Tayo, the head of this small Tsimané indigenous village, says sadly. The community has lived for decades on land in Bolivia’s Amazon jungle that outsiders are now trying to gain control of....
Afghanistan – the world’s most dangerous place for aid workers
by IRIN News April 18, 2013
Attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan - the world’s most dangerous country for aid workers - are likely to be as high in 2013 as the worst year on record, 2011, according to a new report from the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO) published today....
Obama proposes end to monetized food aid
by IRIN News April 11, 2013
The President's budget, tabled on Wednesday 10 April, ends years of US reliance for food aid on its agriculture surpluses. However, NGOs have been asking for removing the requirement to buy most of the emergency food aid in the US and transporting it on US vehicles to reduce costs and save time....
We must change global tax system to insure that poor countries get a fair share—OECD. OECD official says rich countries should demand transparency f...
by Marc Tran The Guardian April 5, 2013
The global tax structure must change as it is unacceptable that a large part of the world economy is passing through tax havens, a senior official from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Friday....
administration seeks to overhaul international food aid
by Ron Nixon New York Times April 4, 2013
WASHINGTON — An Obama administration plan to change the way the United States distributes its international food aid has touched off an intense lobbying campaign by a coalition of shipping companies, agribusiness and charitable groups who say the change will harm the nation’s economy and hamper ...
The Code of Conduct on the Right to Adequate Food: A Tool for Civil Society
by Michael Windfuhr September 7, 2012
Michael Windfuhr The Right to Adequate Food is a fundamental human right firmly established in international law. This right flows from the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultu...
Aid groups push Obama administration to shift the way US helps feed starving people abroad
by Associated Press Washington Post April 5, 2012
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