Hunger in Africa
Emelia Gamez
Promlem
- Every 3.6 seconds a person dies of hunger, 75% of them are children.
- 842 million people are undernourished
- One in eight people are undernourished
- Food insecurity exists in every country in America.
- A lot of Americans (49 million) struggle to feed their family
World hunger has always been a problem, although now that we have better technology and our economy is growing we are able to do more, much more. Unforchantly not all of us are. Here in the US we would rather spend our money on fancy purses rather than help out people in other places struggling to feed there family. Maybe, because we don't know how little they have, and can't imagine what they go through.
Africa has most of the hungriest countries and their economy is struggling. If we help them
about half of world hunger would be solved. Easier said than done though.
Poverty Map
Yellow- less than 360
Orange- 360-1,839
Dark orange- 1,840-3,989
Red- 3,990-12,499
Brown- 12,500 or more
Gray- no data
Hungriest Countries
In 2013 they looked at the top ten hungriest countries. Out of the ten, nine of them were from Africa. They were...
- Burundi
- Eritrea
- Comoros
- Sudan
- Chad
- Yemen
- Ethiopia
- Madagascar
- Zambia
Some of the Hungirest Parts in Africa
What Americans Eat
How many are hungry- 49.1 million Americans live in food insecure households (14% of households)
6.8 million (6% of households) have very low food security
The poor in the U.S. would be considered pretty healthy in Africa
Ways to stop
Help
- Try not to waste food.
- Have leftovers more often.
- Put an empty plate at the table to remind you that some people won't get diner.
- Save up your money to by food for unforchinate people.
- Tell other people to do the same.
- Go to Africa or somewhere where they don't get a lot of food, so you can see the problem in person. You will probably be more motivated to help out.
Not a lot to us
$10 isn't a lot to us but it can feed a hungery child for 10 days.
$15 provides fresh, clean baby care
$25 can feed a person for a month
$150 can feed a family of six for a month
$335 gives tools to twelve farmers
Lutheran World Relief's Feeding 5,000 Challenge gives food to 5,000 people and only costing $4,150, that's less than a dollar per person.
Programs Helping
- Stop Hunger Now
- The Hunger Sight
- Sodexo Foundation
- No Kid Hungery Campain
- End of Hunger
- US Hunger Relief Ceremony
Affects growth
Infants- delayed growth and prone to sickness
Toddlers- stunted physical and mental development
Children- learning difficulties and inability to attend school
Adults- chronic illness and lack of education limit work and income
Family- unable to access food, medicine and other necessities for healthy pregnancies and children