Pedro's Blog: HUNGER

Today there are nearly 1 billion of people that don’t have access to enough food to stay alive. These are people that were born without an opportunity, without hope to survive… Everyday good actions are taken by humanitarian organizations, but they need help.

Watch the video, read the post and see how you can be the cause of someone staying alive. It might not even cost you a dime.

Racist comments on YouTube

every five seconds im taking a bite out my bacon egg n cheese sandwhich representing the niggers who could of enjoyed this beautiful sandwhich :) but they cant and makes me laugh, hahahaha stupid piece of shit scumbag Africans are, we all need to gather alot of men n take turns spittin n shitting on them kids ha would be hilarious!

***** 2 days ago

LOOK AT 'EM! OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA BE HUNGRY, THEY DON'T WORK! YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE MISERABLE, LAZY NEGGERS!

***** 5 days ago

While searching for videos of hunger on YouTube I found comments as the ones above... It saddens me to know that there are people that think and act like that...
But this is an opportunity for me and for you, to show that we are different, that we are thankful for having enough food everyday to supply our basic needs and that we care for those who don't.

Facts

Global hunger

925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union;

(Source: FAO news release, 14 September 2010)

98 percent of the world's hungry live in developing countries;

( (Source: FAO news release, 2010)

Asia and the Pacific region is home to over half the world’s population and nearly two thirds of the world’s hungry people;

(Source: F AO news release, 2010)

Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.

(Source: Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger..., ECOSOC, 2007)

65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia.

(Source: F AO news release, 2010)

Child hunger

More than 70 percent of the world's 146 million underweight children under age five years live in just 10 countries, with more than 50 per cent located in South Asia alone;

(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)

10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths;

(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

The cost of undernutrition to national economic development is estimated at US$20-30 billion per annum;

(Source: Progress for Children: A Report Card on Nutrition, UNICEF, 2006)

One out of four children - roughly 146 million - in developing countries are underweight;

(Source: The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)

Every year WFP feeds more than 20 million children in school feeding programmes in some 70 countries. In 2008, WFP fed a record 23 million children.

(Source: WFP School Feeding Unit)

MALNUTRITION

It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc

(Source: WFP Annual Report 2007)

Undernutrition contributes to 53 percent of the 9.7 million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries.

(Source: Under five deaths by cause, UNICEF, 2006)

Lack of Vitamin A kills a million infants a year.

(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, UNICEF)

Iron deficiency is the most prevalent form of malnutrition worldwide, affecting an estimated 2 billion people.6 Eradicating iron deficiency can improve national productivity levels by as much as 20 percent.

(Source: World Health Organization, WHO Global Database on Anaemia)

Ir Iron deficiency is impairing the mental development of 40-60 percent children in developing countries.

(Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF)

Vitamin A deficiency affects approximately 25 percent of the developing world’s pre-schoolers. It is associated with blindness, susceptibility to disease and higher mortality rates. It leads to the death of approximately 1-3 million children each year.

(Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)

Iodine deficiency is the greatest single cause of mental retardation and brain damage. Worldwide, 1.9 billion people are at risk of iodine deficiency, which can easily be prevented by adding iodine to salt.

(Source: UN Standing Committee on Nutrition. World Nutrition Situation 5th report. 2005)

***** Article from http://www.wfp.org/hunger

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