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An incredible 24,000 people die from hunger each and every day.

More than 840,000,000 people suffer from hunger. That's about three times the population of the
USA. No, this isn't some new famine that just occurred. This is chronic, persistent hunger, which kills
24,000 people every day, or over 8 million each year. Three of four who die are younger than five.

In fact, famine accounts for less than 10% of these deaths. The other 90% are in situations where
people live their entire lives without enough food to eat all of the time. They often go hungry not only
physically, but due to other factors in their communities are often undernourished mentally.

Starting to wonder why famines are featured news stories, while there's never anything about chronic
hunger? Especially since famines represent such a small part of these deaths? It's because famines
are not part of everyday life. When a plane crashes and kills 240 people, it's on the news for days. But
because 100 times that many deaths occur from chronic hunger every single day, it's not anything
special.

What's even worse is that there really is enough food produced globally to feed everyone on the
planet. In many countries, distribution of the food is also working just fine. Sometimes, the problem
lies at the simple fact that people don't earn enough money to buy food because they lack the
education or skills necessary to get a good job.

The number of people that die of hunger each day has decreased 58% from 41,000 in 1977 to 24,000
in 1997. The solutions to hunger exist and are being implemented even as we speak. There is no
reason for this senseless death to continue any longer. We need your help to put this to an end, once
and for all.

Past

Major hunger problems have occurred throughout history, leaving millions of people dead or suffering from the
effects of hunger. This area gives information on a number of case-studies that outline the problem, causes and
consequences of major hunger events in different countries over the years. Please choose a case-study from below
to read more about it.



Every day around 24,000 people die directly from hunger or hunger related diseases - an unbelievable
amount. This area outlines why the problem is occurring, where it is occurring and to what extent. Please
choose an article from below to continue.

The        world        hunger         problem:          Facts,        figures        and         statistics

In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the
World Bank has called "absolute poverty"

        Every year 15 million children die of hunger
        For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5
        years
        Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation.
        Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the
        world spends on its military in two days!
        The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is
        under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of
        starvation. Over 4 million will die this year.
        One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age
        of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture
The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia
        together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin
        America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy
        Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day,
        while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of
        countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF
        3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2/day.
        In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the
        U.S. has an inadequate diet.
        In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were
        chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of
        white children.
        The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The
        U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at
        nearly twice the rate of white infants.
        One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every
        night.
        Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in sub-
        Saharan Africa are malnourished.
        In 1997 alone, the lives of at least 300,000 young children were saved by vitamin A
        supplementation programmes in developing countries.
        Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion
        unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death
        About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age
        To satisfy the world's sanitation and food requirements would cost only US$13 billion- what
        the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume each year.
        The assets of the world's three richest men are more than the combined GNP of all the least
        developed countries on the planet.
        Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger
        It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition,
        about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.
        The           world           hunger             problem:           Current        campaigns

        We've described many issues causing hunger, and you can take a look at different ways
        hunger can be solved (see solutions to world hunger). There are many different organizations
        fighting hunger today, but for the most part, they can be classified into two main groups.
        I frequently see canned-food drives at my school. Students are asked to bring in canned
        goods and they are accumulated and sent off somewhere. The problem with this method of
        ending hunger is that providing food is not a long-term solution. It forces the people who
        receive this food to become reliant on it, instead of on themselves.
        The other type of organization is that which believes in making a country reliant on itself.
        Organizations like The Hunger Project believe in "society-wide transformation" led by
        "indigenous leadership," says Lee Traband on its staff. These organizations work to build
        infrastructure that will allow a country to be self-sufficient, and not rely on other countries for
        aid. This is a long-term solution which allows the country to survive without foreign charity.

The      world       hunger        problem:          Countries          affected        by     hunger

The map below shows the world hunger problem by
showing the prevalence of undernourishment in each
country. Prevalence of undernourishment is measured by
the share of a country's total population that is
undernourished. The higher the prevalence, the more
widespread the problem. To help analyse and monitor
progress, five prevalence categroies have been
                                                       The 5 prevalence categories used in the problem map
established and are shown to the right of this text.   below.
Afghanistan                Germany              Mozambique
Bangladesh                 India                Niger
Brazil                     Italy                North                                              Korea
Canada                     Jamaica              Russia
China                      Japan                Rwanda
Eritrea                    Mali                 Ukraine
Ethiopia                   Mexico               United Kingdom        France




Cambodia
Leader: Prime Minister Hun Sen

Nearly one in five Cambodians don’t get enough to eat. Forty per cent of Cambodian children are
malnourishedmore than half of children under the age of five are underweight; 56 per cent are stunted
due to chronic malnutrition and 13 per cent show signs of wasting, from severe and rapid weight loss.



China
Leader: President Hu Jintao

In recent years, the percentage of undernourished people in China has dropped from 15 to 10 per
cent. By investing heavily in smallholder and poor farmers, as well as implementing policies of
equitable land distribution, the Chinese government was able to pull 58 million people out of hunger
between 1990 and 2011.

CARE’S VISION

Our Vision
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in
dignity and security. CARE International will be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide
movement dedicated to ending poverty. We will be known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the
dignity of people.

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Hunger Free World

  • 1. http://library.thinkquest.org/C002291/high/index.htm An incredible 24,000 people die from hunger each and every day. More than 840,000,000 people suffer from hunger. That's about three times the population of the USA. No, this isn't some new famine that just occurred. This is chronic, persistent hunger, which kills 24,000 people every day, or over 8 million each year. Three of four who die are younger than five. In fact, famine accounts for less than 10% of these deaths. The other 90% are in situations where people live their entire lives without enough food to eat all of the time. They often go hungry not only physically, but due to other factors in their communities are often undernourished mentally. Starting to wonder why famines are featured news stories, while there's never anything about chronic hunger? Especially since famines represent such a small part of these deaths? It's because famines are not part of everyday life. When a plane crashes and kills 240 people, it's on the news for days. But because 100 times that many deaths occur from chronic hunger every single day, it's not anything special. What's even worse is that there really is enough food produced globally to feed everyone on the planet. In many countries, distribution of the food is also working just fine. Sometimes, the problem lies at the simple fact that people don't earn enough money to buy food because they lack the education or skills necessary to get a good job. The number of people that die of hunger each day has decreased 58% from 41,000 in 1977 to 24,000 in 1997. The solutions to hunger exist and are being implemented even as we speak. There is no reason for this senseless death to continue any longer. We need your help to put this to an end, once and for all. Past Major hunger problems have occurred throughout history, leaving millions of people dead or suffering from the effects of hunger. This area gives information on a number of case-studies that outline the problem, causes and consequences of major hunger events in different countries over the years. Please choose a case-study from below to read more about it. Every day around 24,000 people die directly from hunger or hunger related diseases - an unbelievable amount. This area outlines why the problem is occurring, where it is occurring and to what extent. Please choose an article from below to continue. The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty" Every year 15 million children die of hunger For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days! The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year. One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture
  • 2. The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF 3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2/day. In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet. In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of white children. The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at nearly twice the rate of white infants. One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night. Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in sub- Saharan Africa are malnourished. In 1997 alone, the lives of at least 300,000 young children were saved by vitamin A supplementation programmes in developing countries. Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age To satisfy the world's sanitation and food requirements would cost only US$13 billion- what the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume each year. The assets of the world's three richest men are more than the combined GNP of all the least developed countries on the planet. Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year. The world hunger problem: Current campaigns We've described many issues causing hunger, and you can take a look at different ways hunger can be solved (see solutions to world hunger). There are many different organizations fighting hunger today, but for the most part, they can be classified into two main groups. I frequently see canned-food drives at my school. Students are asked to bring in canned goods and they are accumulated and sent off somewhere. The problem with this method of ending hunger is that providing food is not a long-term solution. It forces the people who receive this food to become reliant on it, instead of on themselves. The other type of organization is that which believes in making a country reliant on itself. Organizations like The Hunger Project believe in "society-wide transformation" led by "indigenous leadership," says Lee Traband on its staff. These organizations work to build infrastructure that will allow a country to be self-sufficient, and not rely on other countries for aid. This is a long-term solution which allows the country to survive without foreign charity. The world hunger problem: Countries affected by hunger The map below shows the world hunger problem by showing the prevalence of undernourishment in each country. Prevalence of undernourishment is measured by the share of a country's total population that is undernourished. The higher the prevalence, the more widespread the problem. To help analyse and monitor progress, five prevalence categroies have been The 5 prevalence categories used in the problem map established and are shown to the right of this text. below.
  • 3. Afghanistan Germany Mozambique Bangladesh India Niger Brazil Italy North Korea Canada Jamaica Russia China Japan Rwanda Eritrea Mali Ukraine Ethiopia Mexico United Kingdom France Cambodia Leader: Prime Minister Hun Sen Nearly one in five Cambodians don’t get enough to eat. Forty per cent of Cambodian children are malnourishedmore than half of children under the age of five are underweight; 56 per cent are stunted due to chronic malnutrition and 13 per cent show signs of wasting, from severe and rapid weight loss. China Leader: President Hu Jintao In recent years, the percentage of undernourished people in China has dropped from 15 to 10 per cent. By investing heavily in smallholder and poor farmers, as well as implementing policies of equitable land distribution, the Chinese government was able to pull 58 million people out of hunger between 1990 and 2011. CARE’S VISION Our Vision We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security. CARE International will be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We will be known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people.