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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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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.
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.
Feeding the world: Will there be enough food as world population grows to nine billion?
by The Economist February 24, 2011
THE 1.6-hectare (4-acre) Broadbalk field lies in the centre of Rothamsted farm, about 40km (25 miles) north of London. In 1847 the farm's founder, Sir John Lawes, described its soil as a heavy loam resting on chalk and capable of producing good wheat when well manured. The 2010 harvest did not seem ...
Bengazi, Libya: Citizens protest 42 year rule of Gaddafi—security forces respond, killing 200
by Al Jazeera February 20, 2011
Anti-government protesters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have reportedly seized army vehicles and weapons amid worsening turmoil in the African nation....
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood promotes moderate path, but is mistrusted by the West and some in Egypt
by BBC News February 20, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood - the biggest opposition force in Egypt - is mistrusted in the West and by some in Egypt. The BBC's Tarik Kafala investigates its platform and activities....
Egypt’s army helped oust President Mubarak
by BBC News February 19, 2011
The full picture of the exact role played by the Egyptian army in forcing President Hosni Mubarak to step down has yet to emerge....
Swiss locate funds linked to Mubarak
by David Rohde and Aram Roston New York Times February 18, 2011
Investigators have discovered tens of millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts belonging to the ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, his family or five prominent associates, officials in Switzerland announced Friday. The officials said the accounts had been frozen, but declined to break down w...
As food prices soar, most developed countries ignore 2009 promise to fund food security initiative
by Howard Schneider Washington Post February 18, 2011
World financial leaders gathering in Paris this weekend have put the recent rise in food prices high on their agenda, examining whether new trading rules or better...
Women stand for equality in Tahir Square
by Kathy Lally Washington Post February 18, 2011
CAIRO - Women think as differently as they dress here, but they have emerged from the barricades agreeing on one thing: This is their moment in history, and they cannot afford to lose it. ...
Egypt’s missing stir doubts on military’s vows for change
by Liam Stack New York Times February 17, 2011
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Egyptians say military discourages an open economy—military runs many businesses, pays no taxes, employs conscripted labor, buys public land on favo...
by David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times February 17, 2011
CAIRO — The Egyptian military defends the country, but it also runs day care centers and beach resorts. Its divisions make television sets, jeeps, washing machines, wooden furniture and olive oil, as well as bottled water under a brand reportedly named after a general’s daughter, Safi....
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