18 million poor people die every year from extreme poverty.
More than 50,000 people die every day.
About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age
Ways to solve world hunger:
Distribution
The majority of food is produced in economically more developed countries such as USA, but those countries that are really in need of their share of the food to solve their hunger problems, cannot afford the high prices that these farmers charge and can get from other richer countries.
How to solve: encourage national governments and state departments to subsidize the purchase of food by less economically developed countries. Less economically developed countries are able to increase food supplies, while farmers are still able to gain competitive prices for their produce.
And World Debt Cancellation
Bread for the World
http://www.bread.org/hunger/
Bread for the World members write personal letters and emails to urge congress to end world hunger. Working through churches, campuses, and other organizations, they engage more people in advocacy. Each year, Bread for the World invites churches and groups across the country to take up an Offering of Letters to Congress on an issue important to hungry people.
People place these letters in the offering plates during church services, prayerfully offering them to God before sending them to Congress.
For many, it is their first time communicating with their members of Congress.
Topics wrote to congress:
-Strengthen child nutrition programs.
-Protect tax credits for low-income families.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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