Oct 24
Amanda RiggioHunger, Student Action Free Rice, Hunger, World Food Day
Who’s Hungry?
Join Us in honor of World Food Day and Campaign To Help End World Hunger.
Rise (up) Defined: to find the strength to respond to a challenge.
Are you ready to rise up to a new challenge? Here it is:
Problem: 925 million people in the world do not have enough to eat
Challenge: Rise up for Rice on Freerice.com and educate everyone around you that there is enough food in the world to feed everyone, and YOU can help to solve the problem.
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Oct 21
Elizabeth StoltzHunger, Student Voices Hunger, Top 5
Concern Worldwide is investing in women farmers in Malawi to improve nutrition
We asked readers, Facebook fans, and fellow tweeters what they believed was the greatest cause of hunger. There’s enough food for all of us, every single human being, to eliminate world hunger. We are capable of producing enough food for everyone to receive adequate nutrition. Yet, nearly 1 billion people suffer from crippling hunger every day. Why is this? What do you think are the leading causes of hunger?
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Oct 16
Elizabeth StoltzGlobal Awareness Days, Hunger Student Action, World Food Day
Concern's Feeding Programs in Ethiopia
“In a world of plenty, ending hunger is within our grasp. Failure to reach this goal should fill every one of us with shame. The time for making promises is over. It is time to act.” – former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
Eleven years ago, the United Nations crafted the MDGs, a set of eight ambitious goals to ensure that social justice was achieved worldwide.
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Jul 28
Elizabeth StoltzHunger, Student Action Hunger, Top Five
A mother cradles her malnourished child in Somalia. Photo: Concern Worldwide
With the drought crisis currently affecting over 10 million people in the Horn of Africa (find out more here), we’re highlighting ways in which you can join the fight against hunger:
- Learn! Learn more about global hunger by reading our Hunger Resource Guide.
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Jul 15
Elizabeth StoltzHunger, Maternal & Child Health Concern, Niger, Nutrition, Plumpy'nut
Staff at the outpatient therapeutic care center (OTP) supported by Concern Worldwide. Here the child is monitored once a week and the parent is given a supply of Plumpy'nut to bring home and feed the child. Photo: Concern Worldwide
Imagine that you’re a mother or father living in Niger. Drought devastated your village and you’ve been unable to harvest enough food to feed your family. You can’t even remember the last time you or your children didn’t go to bed hungry. You know that your two-year-old daughter isn’t getting enough to eat and you can see the brightness from her eyes is gone. You know she needs treatment, but the closest feeding center is miles and miles away.
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Jul 08
Elizabeth StoltzHunger, Student Voices Child Survival, Plumpy'nut, Top Five
GCC students display Plumpy'nut to raise awareness about childhood malnutrition!
Plumpy’what, you ask? For several years, Plumpy’nut has been used to treat children suffering from severe, acute malnutrition. Its name is straightforward once you know how it’s made and used. “Plumpy” comes from its superior ability to help severely undernourished children gain weight quickly and “nut” comes from its peanut base. Packed with protein and vitamins, Plumpy’nut has been used with great success in the developing world.
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Oct 19
Donna LintonHunger, Student Workshop Global Concerns Classroom, Hunger Summit, Lawrence Woodmere Academy
Students at Lawrence Woodmere Academy explore the global hunger crisis and find solutions
The Middle School has once again partnered with Concern Worldwide to become active participants in making the world a better place. This year’s work began in September with the entire Middle School participating in “Stand Up Against Poverty”, connecting students to others around the world who pledged that they would work towards ending hunger.
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Sep 27
Tom ArnoldHunger, Millennium Development Goals Concern, MDG Summit, UN Week
Concern's CEO and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the launch of the "1000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future" initiative
Last week, I attended a United Nations summit in New York, where leaders had gathered from across the globe to discuss progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and agree what must be done if these goals are to be met by 2015. The summit marked the 10th anniversary of the promises made at the start of the century by Heads of State and Government.
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May 25
Joop KoopmanHunger, Voices from the Field Concern, Hunger, Ireland, Millennium Development Goals
Roger Thurow, co-author of "Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty", opened the panel discussion on global hunger
Mary McAleese, President of Ireland, led off a distinguished panel on global hunger and Ireland’s preeminent role in fighting it by stressing that hunger “is not just about food”—but foremost about justice. The seminar on global hunger—sponsored by Self Help Africa and Concern Worldwide US— was held at the Irish Consulate in New York on May 21, 2010.
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Feb 18
Allison MartineauHunger, Student Workshop buildOn, Global Concerns Classroom, Workshop
Students from buildOn programs in Connecticut gather together for a GCC Hunger Workshop
On February 17, 2010, Global Concerns Classroom was proud to host a workshop for a buildOn group in Connecticut on the Global Hunger Crisis: Exploring Solutions. The workshop challenged students to think practically and critically about the challenges involved in eliminating global hunger.
Access to food is a basic human right. Yet every day, an estimated 923 million people around the world go hungry.
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