Pre-AP English 8 activism project

1. Hunger:
It CAN be stopped!
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2. It is estimated that there are about 1 billion
people that are hungry.
2/3 of the malnourished or hungry live in
Asia or the Pacific area

3. Children and Hunger:
About 3 million children died before they
reached their 5th birthday in 2008
1 child dies from hunger or malnutrition
every 5 seconds
129 million children under the age of 5
years old in the developing world are
underweight
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4. Women and Hunger:
Nearly one half of the people suffering
from hunger are women
After natural disasters, women and girls
suffer more from the shortages of food
endinghunger.org

5. Throughout the World:
1 in every 7 people will go to sleep hungry
tonight
It is the number one cause of death, even
more people are killed than AIDS, malaria,
and tuberculosis combined
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6. Hunger in America
Nearly 49 million people in America are
suffering from hunger or malnutrition
There are 62,000 food agencies in
America
7 meals can be served from just a $1
donation
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7. Hunger in Africa
32% of people that live in sub-Saharan
Africa are undernourished
54 countries in Africa do not produce
enough food to feed their population

8. There is enough money to feed everybody
in the world, but money is not distributed
equally.
The poor spend most of their money trying
not to starve-nearly 2.6 billion people
receive $2 or less a day

9. Visit stopthehunger.com for updated facts on hunger.
worldhunger.org

10. How do I stop hunger?
There are many organizations one could
donate to. Examples including: Feeding
America, UNICEF, WFP, and other local
food banks