Where World Hunger is Now
• 870 million undernourished people in the world today
• One out of eight people do not receive enough food to lead a
healthy and active life
• Hunger & Malnutrition is the #1 health risk in the world
• In the last 20 years(’90-’92) there has been a 6% decrease in
world hunger
Causes of Hunger
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Over-exploitation of environment
Nature/Natural Disaster
War
Poverty Trap
Agricultural Infrastructure
Economic Crisis
• Price increase of food
United Nations World Food
Programme
• WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting
hunger.
5 OBJECTIVES
• Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies
• Prepare for emergencies
• Restore and rebuild lives after emergencies
• Reduce chronic hunger and under nutrition
• Strengthen the capacity of countries to reduce hunger
World Hunger Relief 2012
• Worlds largest private sector hunger relief effort
• In more than 120 coutries
• Nearly 38,000 KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants
and over 1 million employees
• Main Objectives
• Volunteer
• Raise Awareness
• Raise funds
• All towards WFP
Did you know?
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$1 dollar a day can provide a meal to 4 children
$25 feeds a child in school for half the year
$50 feeds one child in school for the entire academic year
$70-$100 per child provides supplementary food to a
child under 2 years of age for 18 months
• $1,000 feeds 100 school children for one year