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Afghanistan faces greater hunger this winter
In this article, the plight of many Afghans is described as a choice between keeping warm or going hungry. This article in The New Humanitarian was published 8 December, 2022, prior to the Taliban's 24 December ban on women working for Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) which wil...
OXFAM warns that current famine in Horn of Africa will kill a person every 36 seconds.
In a press release of October 14, 2022 Oxfam has sent a warning that from now until the end of the year, the current famine in the Horn of Africa will cause hunger related deaths equivalent to a rate of one person dying every 36 seconds. OXFAM reiterated that this famine is worse than the fam...
U.S White House Conference – $8 Billion toward a National Strategy for Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
USDA to Provide $2b in Food Aid to Combat Growing Food Insecurity Across US
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to provide $2 billion in food aid to food banks and school districts to hel...
USAID Administrator Power discusses food insecurity with colleagues
At a meeting held July 18, 2022, sponsored by the think tank, CSIS, USAID Administrator Samantha Power and a panel of specialists discuss the current global food insecurity crisis, noting how it has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate...
Resilience Book Review: Ending Hunger – The Quest to Feed the World without Destroying It
Anthony Warner's 2022 book "Ending Hunger - the Quest to Feed the World Without Destroying it" (Oneworld Press) attempts to challenge the myths he sees in social discourse in developed countries about how to address world food problems. Based on his popular blog "the Angr...
SAHEL Will Need Help as Famine is Coming
In this Newsweek Opinion piece, William Lambers reports how 35 million people will have virtually no food to eat in the coming lean season....
World Food Programmes Releases Report on Hunger Hotspots
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has released a report today which says that Ethiopia, Nigeria, Yemen and South Sudan are the top countries which are at greatest risk of critical food insecurity. Referring to the risk of famine based on the Integrated Food Insecurity Phase Classificati...
Furniture Maker Creates Wooden Bowls for Donations to Help Hunger Causes
This video was featured on January 25, 2021 ABC Nightly News about Mike Mittelman, a furniture maker, who created wooden bowls for those who donated to hunger causes....
JANUARY UPDATE to HUNGER HOTSPOTS ACROSS THE GLOBE
ETHIOPIA Conflict and Drought The current food crisis will persist in northern Ethiopia, Across the country, over 1.2 million children under 5 years of age require treatment for severe acute malnutrition; In Tigray region, the conflict has impacted over 90 pe...
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