Zero hunger – How can you help to achieve this?
We all want ourselves and our families to have enough food and
nutrition available right? But guess what, not everyone has the access to
good food. World hunger has been a problem since ages. It is an
infringement of the most basic of human rights - the right to adequate
food. Hence it becomes our duty to be able to provide food and water to
those who are less fortunate.
Hunger can be a result of poverty. This is a vicious cycle that starts with
people living in situations not fit for human beings and not having access
to nutritious food to birthing a baby that is malnourished. So there is an
urgent need to eliminate hunger to a large extent.
If you aren’t familiar with Allan Law aka Sandwich guy, here’s what you
should know. Allan Law founded the program, Minneapolis Recreation
Development, with the primary focus to feed and provide assistance to
as many people as in need. He has volunteered for hours on the end,
and has spent almost $500,000 serving the poor and homeless in the
Minneapolis area.
By trying to eliminate hunger we can improve the productivity of people
which would in turn be useful for improving our economy.
The sustainable development org states that it would cost an estimated
additional $267 billion per year on average to end world hunger by 2030.
By forming organizations and encouraging people to invest for one goal:
to provide food to the less privileged section of the society.
We come to the most important question. How can you help in
eliminating world hunger? You can start by doing small changes right in
your home. By not wasting food, donating any leftovers before they get
spoilt to local shelters and help in avoiding wastage. By buying produce
from local farmers instead of hypermarkets. Have a birthday to
celebrate? Why not celebrate with the under privileged children. You
would be doing a good deed and at the same time bring a smile on
these children’s face.
Every individual deserves to be able to have the access to their basic
right – right to food. Hence, I encourage you to help in putting an end to
world hunger at the root cause.