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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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Almost 17 million acres of land in Colombia were stolen by armed groups involved in the country’s civil conflict—government plans to return la...
by BBC News May 29, 2011
The Colombian government says almost 7m hectares (17m acres) of land have been stolen by armed groups involved in the country's civil conflict over the past 25 years. ...
Protestors take over Peruvian city, say new silver mining operation will pollute Lake Titicaca
by BBC News May 27, 2011
Thousands of angry indigenous protesters have taken over the city centre of Puno in south-eastern Peru....
Mubarak to face conspiracy charges in protest shootings
by Ernesto Londono Washington Post May 24, 2011
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Egypt’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that ousted president Hosni Mubarak will stand trial in an alleged conspiracy to kill demonstrators in February’s uprising and could face the death penalty if convicted. ...
After Egypt’s revolution, malaise spreads: ‘Old days were better’
by Ernesto Londono Washington Post May 24, 2011
KAFR EL-MESELHA, EGYPT — The main road in this dusty town on the Nile River Delta no longer bears the name of its most famous son. Hosni Mubarak Road is now simply Road No. 16. Gone too are the once ubiquitous mosaics and framed photos of the ousted Egyptian president....
Promise of Arab uprisings is threatened by religious, ethnic and clan divisions
by Anthony Shadid and David D. Kirpatrick New York Times May 21, 2011
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The revolutions and revolts in the Arab world, playing out over just a few months across two continents, have proved so inspirational to so many because they offer a new sense of national identity built on the idea of citizenship. ...
Climate-change aid to developing world difficult to track, report says
by Brian Vastag Washington Post May 20, 2011
In the 2009 Copenhagen climate accord, 21 developed nations and the European Union agreed to provide $30 billion over three years to help poorer nations adapt to climate change and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions....
Wikileak cables show race to obtain Arctic resources as ice retreats
by Meirion Jones and Susan Watts BBC News May 12, 2011
Secret US embassy cables released by Wikileaks show nations are racing to "carve up" Arctic resources - oil, gas and even rubies - as the ice retreats. They suggest that Arctic states, including the US and Russia, are all pushing to stake a claim. ...
Fast-growing Brazil tries to lift its poorest
by Juan Forero Washington Post May 11, 2011
The industrial complex and port here are a showcase of the region’s economic might, employing 55,000 workers and attracting billions in investments. But a couple of miles down the road, Netildes Delvina Soares, 47, lives “with much suffering,” as she put it, in a wood-plank hut without plumbin...
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