Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Munchies!
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates that 852 million people worldwide live in poverty3. Some policy experts place the figure closer to 1 billion while others hold to a lower figure of 700 million. Regardless of which estimate is more accurate, the number is staggering. What is important in responding to the enormous hunger needs is understanding which groups of people face hunger or are most likely to be at risk to hunger.
Without question, the world’s children are the ones most vulnerable to food crises. Millions more live in ill health and malnutrition.
The percentage of underweight children in developing nations has declined in recent years, from 33 percent to 28 percent, but many regions, including the Middle East, North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa, have experienced little change. Almost half, 47 percent, of South Asian children are underweight due to inadequate nutrition. Refugees are another segment of the world’s population at risk to hunger. They are sometimes known as the boat people. They have been called a fellowship of suffering. They have been recognized as the world’s homeless.
Me hoping that world hunger will come to an end, There are many people starving outside of the United States. if nobody will try to help the suffering people then there will be more and more suffering people dying throughout the U.S.
What do you think?
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