Help End World Hunger

More than one billion people – approximately 1/6 of the world’s population are hungry. And every day nearly 16,000 children die from hunger and related causes. We have the resources to feed the world. We just need the will. Learn about global hunger and what you can do to help.

World Hunger Facts

• 1.02 billion people in the world are hungry.

  UN Food and Agriculture Organization

• 1 billion people in the world live on less than $1 a day.

  “World Development Indicators 2007.” The World Bank.

• 27 percent of children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight in the developing world.

  “State of the World’s Children 2007.”UNICEF.

• Nearly one in three people die prematurely or have disabilities due to poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies.

  “Malnutrition.” World Health Organization (WHO)

• One in nearly seven people do not get enough food to be healthy, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide.

  UN World Food Programme

The Cost to End World Hunger

It’s less than 1%

The United Nations has estimated the cost of ending world hunger at about $195 billion a year. Twenty-two countries have pledged to donate this money by contributing 0.7% — less than 1% — of national income to international aid, but the goal has yet to be reached. Five countries have already met the goal, while others are on target to meet it in a few years. Some, including the U.S., are lagging. If you’d like to encourage US lawmakers to work harder to donate the necessary funds, visit this page at Poverty.com and print a letter that you can send to your congressional represenatives, or use the letter as an example for your customized letter.

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