Although it has been a while for Food for Thought to share with you a new fact, the World Hunger statistics are still climbing. In this post, we will continue to share with you the newest update on world malnutrition and break them down to you.
According to WorldHunger.Org, "the most recent estimate, released on October 14, 2009 by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization), says that 1.02 billion people are undernourished, a sizable increase from its 2006 estimate of 854 million people."
This means that the number of people that are undernourished has climbed about 16.2% in 3 years.
WorldHunger. org continued and outlined three factors that have led to these climbing numbers.
"1) neglect of agriculture relevant to very poor people by governments and international agencies;
2) the current worldwide economic crisis, and
3) the significant increase of food prices in the last several years. "
Out of the current estimate of the world population of 6.8 billion, 15% of the population is suffering from malnutrition.
On that note, here is an inspirational video to raise awareness in World Hunger that we would like to share with you.
What can we do about it?
By WORKING FOR FOOD with us!
WILL WORK FOR FOOD is continuously dedicated to raising awareness to this global issue and to save undernourished children.
All of the money we raise will go to Doctors Without Borders for their nutritional supplies to help save children.
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