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| 19 Mar 2013 02:09 PM |
Hi guys. Have you ever been hungry? Well, your hunger is nothing compared to most of the world. Here are some hunger facts: 870 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This number has fallen by 130 million since 1990, but progress slowed after 2008. The vast majority of hungry people (98 percent) live in developing countries, where almost 15% of the population is undernourished. Asia and the Pacific have the largest share of the world's hungry people (some 563 million) but the trend is downward. If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million. Undernutrition contributes to 2.6 million deaths of children under five each year - one third of the global total. One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight. One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three. 80 percent of the world's stunted children live in just 20 countries. 66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone. WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children. ******All these facts are courtesy of wfp.org. You can help too. Go to wfp.org to find out how! ~Sean |
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| 19 Mar 2013 02:13 PM |
Blame us.
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| 19 Mar 2013 02:23 PM |
| Or, how about we nuke Africa, South America, and parts of Asia? |
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| 19 Mar 2013 03:13 PM |
| Okay, that's sick. And anyway, its not just there. America, Europe and just about everywhere. |
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| 19 Mar 2013 04:07 PM |
| :( Espero que podamos hacer algo para ayudar a estas personas, obviamente comiendo nuestra comida completa cuando nuestra madre o alguien nos dice "Come, hay miles de personas en el mundo sin nada que comer" Comer no ayudaria de mucho, pienso que las organizaciones que prometen ayudar a estas personas son un fraude, estoy seguro de que me estoy equivocando en eso, podria ser una suposición para mentes que no creen que estoy este cambiando y se este ayudando a mejorar la disposición de estas personas, Aprovechare los recursos, valorare. No ayuda mucho pero... |
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| 19 Mar 2013 06:13 PM |
Hunger will always be with us.
We should try to end it locally before doing it worldwide. |
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| 19 Mar 2013 08:03 PM |
End world hunger?
get rip of all the 3rd world countries |
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| 19 Mar 2013 10:49 PM |
@Scoot- Vous avez raison, là n'est aucune autre manière de résoudre la faim. --- You are right, there is no other way to solve hunger. |
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| 20 Mar 2013 06:07 AM |
| Not true... Go to wfp.org and find out hot to help |
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| 20 Mar 2013 01:46 PM |
| Rich countries steal from Africa |
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| 21 Mar 2013 04:56 PM |
@napoleon
You don't think there are starving people in North America and Europe? |
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| 21 Mar 2013 06:13 PM |
| There isn't enough food for everyone. We have to reduce population in Africa. |
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| 21 Mar 2013 06:16 PM |
What we need to do is give everyone the opportunity to build a sustainable source of food with their own hands.
Like global capitalism. Not funneling first world money into endless pits of no innovation. |
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| 22 Mar 2013 06:54 AM |
| obesity is actually a rising world problem now |
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| 22 Mar 2013 07:17 AM |
@Daniel
That's mainly in...Westernized countries, and it's not just present in the U.S. as it's stereotyped to be. *Looks at Great Britain* |
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| 22 Mar 2013 01:27 PM |
TryHardNinja: So we back in the mine, got our pick axe swinging from side to side, This task a grueling one, hope to find some diamonds tonight, Heads up, you hear a sound, turn around and look up, total shock fills your body, Oh no it's you again, I could never forget those eyes
'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all our stuff again, 'Cause baby tonight, you grab your pick, shovel and bolt again, And run, run until it's done, done, until the sun comes up in the morn' 'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all our stuff again,
Just when you think you're safe, overhear some hissing from right behind, That's a nice life you have, shame it's gotta end at this time, Blows up, then your health bar drops, you could use a 1-up, get inside don't be tardy, So now you're stuck in there, half a heart is left but don't die
'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all your stuff again, 'Cause baby tonight, you grab your pick, shovel and bolt again, And run, run until it's done, done, until the sun comes up in the morn' 'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all your stuff again,
Captain Sparklez: Creepers, you're mine
Dig up diamonds, and craft those diamonds and make some armor, Get it baby, go and forge that like you so, MLG pro, The sword's made of diamonds, so come at me bro
Training in your room under the torch light, Hone that form to get you ready for the big fight, Every single day and the whole night, Creeper's out prowlin' - alright
Look at me, look at you, Take my revenge that's what I'm gonna do, I'm a warrior baby, what else is new, And my blade's gonna tear through you
Bring it
TryHardNinja: 'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all our stuff again, Yeah baby tonight, grab your sword, armor and go, take your revenge, So fight, fight like it's the last, last night of your life, life, show them your bite, 'Cause baby tonight, the creeper's trying to steal all our stuff again, 'Cause baby tonight, you grab your pick, shovel and bolt again, And run, run until it's done, done, until the sun comes up in the morn' 'Cause baby tonight, the creepers tried to steal all our stuff again |
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| 22 Mar 2013 03:25 PM |
(****'s = words they may have not been allowed) HUNGER
1 - Is there a food shortage in the world?
There is enough food in the world today for everyone to have the nourishment necessary for a healthy and productive life.
2 - What is hunger?
The sensation of hunger, a lack of food in your stomach, is universal. But there are different manifestations of hunger which are each measured in different ways:
Under-nourishment is used to describe the status of people whose food intake does not include enough calories (energy) to meet minimum physiological needs for an active life. At present, there are 870 million undernourished people worldwide, most of them in developing countries. Malnutrition means 'badly nourished', but is more than a measure of what we eat or fail to eat. Malnutrition is characterised by inadequate intake of protein, energy and micronutrients and by frequent infections and diseases. Starved of the right nutrition, people will die from common infections like measles or diarrhoea. Malnutrition is measured not by how much food is eaten but by physical measurements of the body - weight or height - and age. Wasting is an indicator of acute malnutrition that reflects a recent and severe process that has led to substantial weight loss. This is usually the result of starvation and/or disease. 3 - How is “famine” defined?
While there are various definitions of famine, many experts say that there must be evidence of three specific outcomes before a famine can be declared:
At least 20 percent of households face extreme food shortages with limited ability to cope. The prevalence of global acute malnutrition must exceed 30 percent. Death rates must exceed 2 deaths per 10,000 people per day.
THE HUNGRY
4 - Who are the hungry?
Despite the impression you often get from the media, emergencies account for less than eight percent of hunger's victims. Few people realise that there are 870 million hungry people in the world who don't make the headlines -- more than the combined populations of the United States, Canada and the European Union. They are of all ages, from babies whose mothers cannot produce enough milk to the elderly with no relatives to care for them. They are the unemployed inhabitants of urban slums, the landless farmers tilling other people's fields, the orphans of AIDS and the sick, who need special or increased food intake to survive.
Above all, children, women and rural communities are on the frontlines of hunger.
5 - Where are the hungry? The percentage of hungry people is highest in east, central and southern Africa. Around three-quarters of undernourished people live in low-income rural areas of developing countries, principally in higher-risk farming areas. However, the share of the hungry in urban areas is rising.
Of the total number of the 870 million chronically hungry people, over half are in Asia and the Pacific and about a quarter are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
6 - Are the numbers going down? Whereas good progress was made in reducing chronic hunger in the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s, hunger has been slowly but steadily on the rise for the past decade, FAO said. The number of hungry people increased between 1995-97 and 2004-06 in all regions except Latin America and the Caribbean. But even in this region, gains in hunger reduction have been reversed as a result of high food prices and the global economic downturn that started in 2008.
Today, one in eight people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide -- greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
NUTRITION
7 - What are the effects of malnutrition? Malnutrition covers a range of problems, such as being dangerously thin, being too short for one's age, being deficient in vitamins and minerals (such as lacking iron which makes you anaemic), or even being too obese. It is measured using the following indicators:
Wasting is an indicator of acute malnutrition that reflects a recent and severe process that has led to substantial weight loss. This is usually the result of starvation and/or disease. Stunting is an indicator of chronic malnutrition that reflects the long-term nutritional situation of a population. It is calculated by comparing the height-for-age of a child with a reference population of well nourished and healthy children. Underweight is measured by comparing the weight-for-age of a child with a reference population of well-nourished and healthy children. An estimated 146 million children in developing countries are underweight. 8- Are micronutrients important? Micronutrient - vitamin and mineral - deficiencies are very important, afflicting nearly two billion people worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, deficiencies of iron, vitamin A, and zinc rank among the top ten leading causes of death through disease in developing countries.
Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition, affecting billions of people worldwide. Iron deficiency damages a country's productivity and impedes cognitive development. Source: Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency, a global damage assessment report; Unicef Vitamin A deficiency is a leading cause of child blindness across developing countries. It affects 140 million pre-school children in 118 countries. Deficiency in vitamin A can increase the risk of dying from ********, measles and malaria. Source: Fifth Report on the World Nutrition Situation, 2005 Iodine deficiency affects 780 million people worldwide. Some 20 million children are born mentally impaired because their mothers did not consume enough iodine during ********. Source: Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency, a global damage assessment report; Unicef Zinc deficiency contributes to growth failure and weakened immunity in young children; it results in some 800,000 child deaths per year. |
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