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 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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Oct 16
Sylvia WongMillennium Development Goals, Student Action Club, Global Concerns Classroom, St. Vincent Ferrer High School, Stand Up Take Action, Trevor Day School, World Food Day
Students at St. Vincent Ferrer High School gather at lunch to stand up against poverty
October 16, 2009 marked World Food Day and the beginning of a 3-day global campaign, “Stand Up, Take Action, End Poverty Now!”
For the fourth year in a row, millions of people from around the world participated in community-organized events to remind world leaders of their pledge to end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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