Poverty & World Hunger

By: Megan Boushka

World hunger is a painful and strong desire for food. Often times people become hungry because of a shortage of food like famine or not being able to acquire necessary resources like money.

Poverty is a state of being very poor therefore they cannot afford essential resources.

These two terms come hand in hand because they often lead to one and another.

What is World Hunger and Poverty?

Most of the worlds hungry live in third world or developing countries, like Africa, Asia/ Pacific, Latin American/ Caribbean, and around East/ North America.

Out of the 870 millions people that are hungry around the world◦About 3/4ths of them live in rural areas, like villages. ◦Rural areas are so poverty sickened because they rely mostly on

agriculture, weather and don’t have any income. Many farmers are in poverty.

Who is affected by World Hunger?

Women- Are the primary food producers, and when they do not have enough iron in their bodies they have under weight children.

People…

Children-It is estimated that 146 million kids children live in poverty everyday because they were born into it.

The answer is yes.

Are people indirectly affected?When people are hungry they are more likely to get a disease because their immune system is down. They could then pass the disease on to others.

When a country is in poverty is can be because they don’t have an adequate government. Without a decent government, problems can break out (like what is happening in the Middle East) and wars can start. Wars affect everyone.

The general economy goes down and people lose money because of high prices on goods and services, little production, and loss of jobs.

As stated previously, world hunger and poverty affects everyone in one way or another

Many issues can arise from hunger and poverty like dictatorship, war, terrorism, ect.

Why is this issue important?

Seniors, Adults, Children, and infants are dying because they don’t have a healthy diet.

As stated previously, world hunger and poverty affects everyone in one way or another.The children of the future are not getting a promising education.◦ They have to work to support their families◦ Drop out

Why is this issue important?

Children die most often from world hunger.◦ 15 million children die a year

Even though there is enough food to go around for these children, they get trapped in poverty

Children in poverty

Malnutrition is a common disease children can get ◦ It occurs when your body can’t absorb

the right amounts of nutrients in foods ◦ Your body gets the disease when there

are low levels of food intake. ◦ It causes physical problems to the body

Children are more susceptible to the disease because they are young and their bodies need nutrients to grow

Malnutrition

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Interesting facts/ statics

Anyone can donate money to organizations that help people in poverty and that are suffering from world hunger.◦ Some might include:

Harvesters Mary’s food kitchen C.A.R.E

You can volunteer your time to pack food into lunch sacks or go to a place in poverty and help rebuild it.

You can support people running for an office position that want to help people in poverty.

Lastly you can vote on laws that help people in poverty.

What can you do to help?

http://www.wfp.org/hunger/who-are http://

www.helium.com/items/2314996-hunger-causes-and-effects

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/business/world-hunger-the-problem-left-behind-economic-view.html?_r=0

http://www.lsu.edu/faculty/jwither/Essays/Health/DiMario_Essay.html

http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

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