2. • the uneasy or painful
Meaning of sensation caused by want
‘Hunger’ of food; craving appetite.
Also the exhausted
condition caused by want
of food.
• a strong desire or craving
3. Meaning of
• the want or scarcity of
‘WORLD
food in a country
Hunger’
4.
5. • 870 million people do not
have enough to eat.
• 98% of the world's
undernourished people live
World in developing countries.
Hunger • Two-thirds of the world's
hungry live in just 7
Facts countries: Bangladesh,
China, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia
and Pakistan.
6. • Asia and the Pacific:
578 million
Where is
hunger the
• Sub-Saharan Africa:
worst?
239 million
• Latin America and the
Caribbean: 53 million
7.
8. • 60 percent of the world's
hungry are women.
• 50 percent of pregnant
women in developing
Women countries lack proper
maternal care, resulting
and in over 300,000
Children maternal deaths
annually from childbirth.
• 1 out of 6 infants are
born with a low birth
weight in developing
countries.
9. • Malnutrition is the key
factor contributing to
more than one-third of
all global child deaths
resulting in 2.6 million
Women deaths per year.
and • A third of all childhood
death in sub-Saharan
Children Africa is caused by
hunger.
• Every five seconds, a
child dies from hunger-
related diseases.
10. Number One Risk to Health -
Today, almost one person in six
does not get enough food to be
healthy and lead an active life,
making hunger and malnutrition the
number one risk to health
worldwide - greater than AIDS,
Hunger malaria and tuberculosis
combined. There is also the hidden
Effects hunger of micronutrient
deficiencies which make people
weak to infectious diseases, impair
physical and mental development,
reduce their labour productivity and
increase the risk of premature
death.
11. • World Vision Famine Camp –
The 30-Hour Famine is an
international, hunger-fighting
programme which began in the
Hunger United States in 1992, and is
Actions sponsored by World Vision. The
Famine is aimed at empowering
young people all over the world to
raise funds and heighten public
awareness in a collective effort to
help eradicate world hunger and
poverty.
12. • Action Against Hunger (ACF
International) - AAH is a
globalorganization committed
to ending world hunger.
Recognized as a leader in the
Hunger fight, ACF works to save the
lives of malnourished children
Actions while providing communities
with access to safe water and
sustainable solutions to
hunger. ACF runs life-saving
programs in over 40 countries
benefitting some five million
people each year.
13. • 157,000 Undernourished Brought Back to
Health- From providing lifesaving
therapeutic interventions to children on the
brink of death, to giving mobile care to
undernourished pregnant and nursing
mothers and to children on their road to
recovery
• 662,000 Benefit from Water, Sanitation, &
Hygiene Initiatives- In 2012 we slashed waterborne
ACF’s disease rates by providing access to clean and safe
drinking water, how to maintain good hygiene in all
areas of their lives.
Impact
550,000 People See Self-Sufficiency Restored
- Action Against Hunger helps millions get back on
their feet each year, and 2012 was no different with
over half a million people assisted
across Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, D.R.
Congo andPakistan alone.
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