The Issue Of World Hunger - 953 Words

INTRODUCTION I. For a long time, I would use the phrase â€Å"I’m starving† whenever I was really hungry II. I’m sure many of you have said the same thing at some point in your life III. It wasn’t until I took a service trip to Mexico that I started to see what it meant to be truly starving as opposed to just really wanting food IV. Today, I am going to give you all some information about the issue of world hunger and provide some practical ways that you can help to alleviate the problem BODY I. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN, 805 million, or 11.3 percent of the world’s population is hungry A. The humanitarian organization Stop Hunger Now says that hunger kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined 1. Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger, the cause of 45% of child’s deaths B. According to an organization known as World Bank, the biggest cause of hunger is poverty 1. According to MercyCorps, People earning less than $1.25 a day are concerned impoverished 2. There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but there are many who do not have access to the food they need because of their lack of resources to buy it 3. Other causes include war, unequal distribution of the available food, famine, financial crises, and lack of roads and storage facilities C. The Food and Agricultural Organization also records that nearly 98% of worldwide hunger exists in underdeveloped countries 1. In underdeveloped countries,Show MoreRelatedThe Issue Of World Hunger1998 Words   |  8 Pagespeople in the world don’t get the food they need to live a healthy life.† (2016 FAO Stats) â€Å"66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world.† (World Food Programme) â€Å"Asia has the largest number of hungry people, with two-thirds of the population affected.†(FAO) (qtd. in World Hunger). These are the statistics we face when we are presented with the issue of world hunger. As society battles this ever present issue, scientistsRead MoreThe Issue Of World Hunger Essay2126 Words   |  9 PagesChewing on World Hunger They’re everywhere! They’re in the cafeterias! They’re on our busses, and even in our bathrooms! The obese are taking more than what they deserve or need, without many of us knowing! You may be wondering how can we know if someone is selfishly obese. If a person is selfishly obese they contain 20% excess body fat (Medical News Today). Body fat can occur anywhere on the body and is one of the key clues that someone is taking more than what they deserve. Excess body fatRead MoreThe Moral Issue Of World Hunger887 Words   |  4 PagesOver the course of many years, Hinman discovers that, â€Å"the World Bank had defined the absolute poverty level –the level at which people cannot meet basic needs such as food, water, shelter, and the like-at $1 per day income. 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In our world, millions of people are starving and don’t know where their next meal is going to come from. In this essay, I will talk about this issue of hunger on the national, global, and local scale, the ways it is affecting our world, andRead MoreThe Hunger Of World Hunger1261 Words   |  6 Pagesfood for everyone. Now the world produces enough food for every single human being on this planet of about 2700 calorie diet a day, which is more than enough for average people. But it’s kind of ironic world hunger still exist and is the leading cause of deaths per year. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that about 805 million people of the 7.3 billion people in the world were suffering from chronic undernourishment. World hunger doesn’t just kill people,Read MoreHunger Is Not An Issue Of Charity1625 Words   |  7 Pagesâ€Å"Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice† (10 Ways to Stop World Hunger†). 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Most of us assume that it would be the countries poverty level, well most of us would be right, but thenRead MoreHunger And Hunger Related Illnesses1540 Words   |  7 PagesApproximately 795 million people in the world are chronically malnourished. That means that one in nine people do not have enough food to live a healthy lifestyle. This is the biggest problem affecting a considerable amount of the human population. Hunger and hunger related illnesses kill just over 6 millions children a year. Hunger is not partial to race or gender, it’s a problem in all corners of the world, it affects peo ple in even the most developed countries. The more humans progress the more