WORLD HUNGER!

Hunger is a term which has three meanings *the uneasy or painful sensation caused by want of food; craving appetite.

*Also the exhausted condition caused by want of foodthe want or scarcity of food in a country

*a strong desire or craving

STATICTICS…The number of hungry grew in Africa over the period, from 175 million to 239 million, with nearly 20 million added  in the last few years. Nearly one in four are 

hungry.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly 870 million people of the 7.1 billion people in the

world, or one in eight, were suffering from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012

Global hunger now afflicts nearly a billion people worldwide. Severe a malnutrition, however, is the more immediate killer: it threatens the lives of 19 million children. Every year at least 3.5

million of them die from malnutrition-related causes

WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP?The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, reaching

more than 97 million people in 80 countries with food assistance last year

( WFP ) SAYS-Action Against Hunger treats and prevents malnutrition in over

40 countries around the world. Our programs are launched most often during times of crisis and focus on the most

vulnerable, including young children and women who are pregnant or nursing.

Under the Convention, virtually every government in the world recognizes the right of all children to the highest

attainable standard of health, specifically including the right to good nutrition