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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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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Aug 26
Allyson BrownMillennium Development Goals, Women's Rights Concern, Hunger, Petition, UN Summit, Women
Concern's Women Can't Wait campaign gives women marginalized farmers a greater voice
The Summit on the UN Millennium Development Goals is fast approaching. If we are serious about beating global poverty, the empowerment of women farmers must be high on the agenda. Why?
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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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