...Hunger Data The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics • In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty" • Every year 15 million children die of hunger • For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years • Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days! • The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year. • One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture • The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy • Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF ...
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...years of aid from the West, hunger has continued to sweep East Africa. Why is this still happening? Is it just caused by poor rains and rising food prices? According to authors Alex Perry and Kassahun Addis (Time 2008), the United Nations estimates that 14 million people need food aid. They also mention that there a need for HIV/AIDS medicine. As college students, why should we care about the situation in East Africa? There are times when we are hungry and we just go to the grocery store or to a fast food restaurant to buy food when we have money. We don’t always think about other people who can’t do this. In Fresno, food is available even when we are in a drought. I feel that college students should know more about the starvation problem in other countries like the ones in East Africa. It is important to understand that the authors want us to open our eyes to this major world problem. The hunger situation in East Africa has been going on for a long time and it looks like it will probably continue. They did research on Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to learn more about what is being done about supplying food and teaching the people how to grow their own food. We should also be aware that even though aid is still needed, programs were started in 2005 to provide employment to Ethiopians so they could afford to buy food grown by Ethiopian farmers. Even though there have been many years of aid, education and employment, the situation in East Africa hasn’t been solved. Since...
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...Introduction The Global issue relating to Eating Disorders is the subject of this report. A Global issue must occur in 3 parts of the world; in this case study Japan, the US and Africa is studied. It must effect a sizable population, and must be a problem of enormous magnitude. Eating disorders as defined by The American Psychiatric Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a condition characterized by a severe disturbances in eating behavior (Gilbert and Gilbert,p 3). According to disabled world, an eating disorder is a continual disturbance of eating and or eating-related behavior that leads to altered consumption or absorption of food in the body system, in a great way impairing the physical health or psychological and social functioning of the person. Eating disorders are more often than not long-term problems, which can cause great suffering for victims and their families (Eating Disorder Symptoms, Types and Treatment Methods, Para 1). Analysis The writer has chosen this topic because as the statistics across the world have proven obesity has almost turned out to be a national disaster. The thesis of this report is that having an eating disorder puts your body into a high extent of harm. Solutions to the issue will be availed at the conclusion of the report. The writer has chosen this topic because the scope of this enquiry will extend from 2006 to 2011 is discussing the problem, and from 3,000 BC to 2011 AD in...
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...to the company such as sales going down, reputation damaged, etc. This paper will review the social performance of Kraft Foods and the impact to its stakeholders : the communities, consumer and employee with the aspects of equity and equality and community building. Kraft Fight Hunger Kraft Foods has been proactive in stakeholder management and did well in charity and donation every year for the people who in need and involve themselves in philosophy programmes. Top priorities for Kraft Foods and its Foundation are fighting hunger, malnutirtion and promoting healthy lifestyles around the world. Kraft Foods has championed the fight against hunger for more than 30 years and donated more than $1 billion in cash and food. Since 1997, they have provided more than one billion serving of food to those in need. In 22 August 2010, Kraft Foods launched an integrated marketing campaign named “huddle to fight hunger” to encourage charitable giving to nonprofit Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief charity. To tackle an issue as serious as hunger which affects 50 million Americans, Kraft Foods Group created the largest multi-brand campaign in the company history. “Huddle to fight hunger” game plan is a winner on all fronts. Kraft Foods announced that they have exceeded donation expectations for their charity campaign and...
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...will come from. Food insecurity refers to the lack of availability of food and an individual’s access to it. The image of food insecurity and hunger most people have is of individuals living in poor countries like Africa, however that is not accurate. Food insecurity and hunger is a big problem around the world, happening in powerful countries like the United States. In the year 2012, approximately “50 million Americans were food insecure” (A Place at the Table). These individuals live in hunger or fear of starvation, and in severely food insecure households the children experience hunger. These people could be your...
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...[Name] [Course Title] [Instructor Name] [Date] Write a research paper on Poverty in Africa. Describe how/in what way it is such a big problem in the world, possible causes and possible solutions in which you think these problems can be solved. Contents Abstract 3 Introduction: 4 Overview of poverty in Africa: 4 Facts about poverty in Africa: 5 Graph: 6 Causes of poverty in Africa: 7 1. Corruption and Poor Governance: 7 a) Unbalanced Economic Systems: 7 2. Environment: 8 3. Poor Utilization of Land: 8 4. Increase in Population: 9 5. Diseases and poor health facilities: 10 Solutions to overcome poverty: 10 1. Overcoming government failure: 10 2. Education: 11 3. Population control 11 4. Focus on agriculture: 12 5. Other possible solutions: 12 References: 13 Abstract This paper will provide a deep insight into the problems of poor people and their causes of poverty. Other than that solutions to their issues regarding the government and basic necessities of live will be focused upon. The deprivation of services for the poor is another noticeable point in the paper. Introduction: Poor people are poor because of many reasons, but they remain poor because market and government does not support them. When capital markets fail, youth is unable to get loans to finance their education, they are not capable of maintaining their health and most importantly the government is unable to provide them with basic services and...
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...content for the people they are assisting. There are many types of organizations around the world attempting to make the world a better place and like these organizations mentioned, Bread for the World aspires to be the very definition of a humanitarian administration which is the very reason why it was chosen. Hunger is a worldwide epidemic. Through several US organizations and assistance from the government there are still locations in Africa and Asia, and even in the US, that struggle with starvation. Starvation is a universal issue that will never fully be eliminated. However, citizens can take part in its process of termination. There can never be enough organizations alleviating hunger. However, there are very beneficial organizations out there that have not had their fair share of exposure. That’s why Bread for the World was chosen. Even though it not a famous group, like American Red Cross, its purpose and goals are worth fighting for. Because Bread for the World is such an unfamiliar organization, there was little known about the group before research and investigation. The only prior information known about this group is that it assisted in eliminating hunger for children around the world, especially underdeveloped locations. However, the vision in helping the growth of the organization is vast and unlimited....
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...World hunger is all over the world, not just in Africa or just the places that you hear about on the news or radio. Have you ever just thought about how hard life would be without food? I am sure that most people don’t have to worry about being hungry everyday, I know I don’t, but there are people in this world who do. It is really sad how many people die hungry every year because they couldn't buy food for themselves and their families. My family has never had a problem with that, but some of my close friends have once had that problem in their lives, and it’s the worst thing that could happen to a close friend. There are 925 million people currently that are starving in the world today. It’s hard to think about all of those people that don’t...
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...In “The Causes and Motivations for the Scramble for Africa” by Stephen Pinkerton this article, it explains that the motivations that in the late nineteenth century, that Europeans and Americans progressively believed that they were bound to extend their way of culture abroad.New Imperialism Era that Europe gained global power through expansion and colonization. They society and economy in Africa were disrupted due to settlers.The European hunger for resources and markets caused decades of armed conflicts and thousands of deaths and lastly Africa resulted in being extremely diverse. The author Pinkerton also compared the colonization of Africa to “the White Man's Burden” a poem by English man about the Philippines. 1899. About how it was the...
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...sub-Saharan Africa region. Famine, on the other hand, is not as widely talked about, around the world, but leads to the same result, numerous amounts of deaths. Hundreds of thousands to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa have died as a result of this crisis in different nations, such as Sudan, Ethiopia, (fill in different countries). However, famine is not something that happens overnight, and many factors lead to this major crisis. There are many major factors that build up to the final occurrence of a famine in sub-Saharan Africa. The major causes of famine are droughts, war, economic issues, and food distribution. One of the five causes may lead to a major famine, however, when two or more of the causes “work together” to produce a famine, the situation may become hectic. For example, if a war happens to erupt during a drought, it becomes harder for a nation to prevent an all-out famine crisis rather than if their was just a drought. It has become apparent that international and national intervention is needed to help prevent future famines from taking place. Organizations such as the United Nations (UN), Food Association Organization (FAO), United States Aid (USAID), World Food Production (WFP), Red Cross, etcetera. have been trying to be successful in preventing famines, but cannot succeed without national intervention from governments. Therefore, the many committees must work together in a major attempt to avoid such occurrences and get sub-Saharan Africa on the...
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...The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental protection groups. (Investopedia, 2014) Unilever A lifesaving habit LONDON/ROTTERDAM, Oct. 14 /CSRwire/ - Unilever and the Earth Institute have announced a new initiative to bring hand washing with soap – a lifesaving habit – to the Millennium Villages, a project that works with nearly 500,000 people in rural villages, across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed by Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Paul Polman, CEO Unilever, in New York on the fifth anniversary of Global Hand washing Day. The partnership supports Unilever’s attain its goal to deliver on one of its commitments to help more than one billion people take action to improve their health and well-being. Over the past two years, Unilever has successfully changed the hand washing habits of 50 million people in Africa and South-Asia, through its leading soap brand Lifebuoy and partnerships with Population Services International (PSI) and UNICEF established through the Unilever Foundation. Everybody can help a child – Pledge on Facebook Millions of people around the world are asked to pledge on www.facebook.com/lifebuoy. With every pledge, Lifebuoy and its partners will help more children receive hygiene education through their dedicated hand washing behavior change programs. ...
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...to the sustainable economic growth of these nations and the long-term economic prosperity of the United States. As we help countries become more food secure and raise incomes, we also expand markets for American producers • For example, over the past five years U.S. agricultural exports to developing countries in Southeast Asia, Central America, and SubSaharan Africa have grown at more than twice the annual rate as compared to developed countries. U.S. poultry meat exports to Sub-Saharan Africa expanded 180 percent from 2009 to 2011. • Given population growth and rising incomes, it is estimated that the demand for food will rise by 70 to 100 percent by 2050. To meet this need, the United Nations estimates that production in developing countries will need to almost double. • In 2010, the U.S. helped launch the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, an international, multilateral trust fund that has already awarded $658 million to finance country development plans in 18 low-income countries, with 8.2 million beneficiaries. Building Local Capacity, Increasing Productivity, and Improving Markets and Trade • Since 2010, USDA has aligned appropriate programs to Feed the Future plans to support agriculture development in target countries and regions: Ghana, Kenya, East Africa, Bangladesh, Haiti, Guatemala and Central America. USDA supports global food security through in-country capacity building, basic and applied research, and support for improved market information, statistics...
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...products may help to solve the world’s hunger as Paarlberg’s article "Attention Whole Foods Shoppers" states, his argument does not make a cogent case that farmers must convert to GMO farming. It is easy to understand why third world countries might face a food crisis due to lack of funds, but this argument is filled with holes and assumptions; thus, not strong enough to convince organic farmers to convert to GMO farming. In his article, Paarlberg were not able to explain how was the population that is in demand for food was truly calculated. He stated “850 million people in low-income countries were recorded to be in hunger before the 2008 price spike in the food industry, and the number is even larger now, thanks in part to last year's...
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...Assignment 1 comprises five written response questions. Your response to each of the five questions should be approximately 150 to 250 words. Prepare your responses for all five questions in one document (Microsoft Word or compatible). Each question is worth 15 marks. 1. Are per capita increases in GDP (gross domestic product) a good indicator of economic development? Explain your answer. GDP per capita is often a very lacking indicator of economic development. There are many other factors that affect economic development. The three core values of development are: sustenance, self-esteem, and freedom. While growing GDP and GNI can help attain these, particularly sustenance, it is not enough. Often incomes are not distributed evenly, in both developing and developed nations. Sustenance is basic goods and services, including food, shelter, clothing; the basic needs for survival. GDP can help achieve this but it has less effect on the other two core values. Self-esteem can be described as a feeling of worthiness that a society enjoys when it’s social, political, and economic system and institutions promote human values including respect, dignity, integrity, and self-determination. A large GDP/capita increase was seen in many Middle Eastern countries, yet most of the population was left out of the growth, women are treated as second citizens, and poverty is still wide spread. Freedom is a situation in which a society has a variety of alternatives...
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...ASSESMENT 2 – Report By Brenda Widjaja Lala Director, Corporate Communications South Africa HSBC Mandela Rhodes Place Cnr Wale Burg Street Cape Town South Africa April 23, 2012 Mrs. Grace Executive of the Local Network 3rd Floor, MPF House 32 Princess of Wales Terrace Sunnyside Office Park Park town Dear Mrs. Anne Marie Gutierrez, Executive of the Local Network Submission to Johannesburg the Local Network of South Africa This proposal is presented to the local network of South Africa in order to against human rights and environment cases. According to the United Global Compact, HSBC strives to encourage the changes of human rights and environmental cases to the better side. HSBC is supporting to the first of ten principles which is “Business should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights” and also the eighth principles which says that “Business should undertake initiative to promote greater environmental responsibility” (Ten Principles 2012). In 2007, HSBC has encouraged the changes in the environmental cases by cooperating with First Direct, they plant for more than 20.000 trees in each country (First direct 2010). They also encourage their customers to switch to use online banking. More than one million of HSBC and First Direct customers switch to use online banking. On the other hand, there is a risk of doing this system. More than 3.1 million customers are left from the HSBC members (Espiner 2006). This...
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