Child hunger is a big problem in the United States and around the world. Lately, child hunger has been hitting even harder than it has already been in the past years before 2020. This is because people are losing their jobs because of Covid-19. People aren't being able to get money for food, the only way the kids get to eat is by lunch at the school, which is not that much. Covid-19 has left many families desperate to even eat. On top of people not getting enough money, the cost of food and water has increased by a lot. Child hunger usually happens to kids with more brothers and sisters because they can't get enough for the whole family, and you can't just feed one kid. I have been fortunate enough to not have to go through child hunger, but I know kids who have and it's sad.
Child hunger is not only in America it is in many other countries. Around the world, more than enough food is produced to feed the global population—but more than 690 million people still go hungry. After declining for a decade, world hunger is on the rise, affecting 8.9 percent of people globally. From 2018 to 2019, the number of undernourished people grew by 10 million, and there are nearly 60 million more undernourished people now than in 2014. Before this increase in recent years, the world had been making significant progress in reducing hunger. In fact, in 2000, world leaders joined the United Nations and civil society in committing to meet eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015: the first of which was to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.
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Hunger is caused by poverty; it interacts within social, political, demographic, and societal factors. People dealing with poverty often face household food insecurities, aren't able to take care of themselves, live in an unsafe environment with very low access of water, have bad sanitation, hygiene, and no access availability to health service. All of these things in some way have a part in hunger. Most people in poverty look forward to lunch at the school because that's all they have to eat. As a kid myself, I am very fortunate to live in a stable household. As you grow up, you start to understand how fortunate you are and become more appreciative. As I was growing up, I didn't really appreciate what all I had growing up. I didn't understand child hunger and that people would go days without eating. It's scary to think that that could have been me. My mom and dad have worked very hard for me and my brother to eat and put a roof over our head. Majority of the time I would complain to my parents in some way shape or form. I grew up and now appreciate everything that I get and I now know how hard my parents really work.
Hunger can also be caused by a conflict of some sort. Whether your parents died or anyone you were close to, it could cause depression which can also cause hunger. The weather can also impact hunger. If the ground is dry then, you can't grow crops, then they can't get money because they sell the crops to grocery stores.
There are more than 690 million people who go to bed hungry. Farmers complete 70 percent of the global food supply. Another fact is that 122 million of 144 million children live in countries, affected by conflict. 5.6 million children under the age of five died in 2016 due to child hunger. The average children dying due to starvation each year is 3.1 million. There are 2 billion people suffering from micronutrient malnutrition (a term used to refer to diseases caused by a dietary deficiency of vitamins or minerals) and 1.9 billion people suffering from obesity and being overweight.
The most effected place by hunger is Chad. Chad is the 5th largest country in Africa. Chad has 44.7 million deaths from starvation. The second most affected by hunger is Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is on an island right above Australia. Timor-Leste has 37.6 million deaths from starvation. The third most affected country is Madagascar. Madagascar is an island to the right of Africa. Madagascar has 36 million deaths from starvation. The fourth most affected country is Haiti. Haiti is located on an island with the Dominican Republic, in the south of Cuba. Haiti has 33.5 deaths from starvation. Finally, the fifth most affected country is Mozambique. Mozambique is in Africa. Mozambique has 33.1 million deaths from starvation.
There are many ways to help with child hunger. There are the wide variety of charities we can donate to help with child starvation. For example, Central Texas Food Bank helps feed around forty-six thousand people in the Central Texas area. To date, Mealshare have served 1.2 million meals and #HashtagLunchbag has hosted over one hundred cities globally. Feed the Children has been helping the community for 35 years; they have been a hub for connecting leaders, communities, and donors so they can help solve child hunger. Bread for the World helps with churches around the world. The goal for WhyHunger is not only to solve world hunger, but some of their goals are movement building, social justice, and human rights. And finally, Freedom from Hunger; this organization serves mostly women in foreign countries.
Child hunger is a big problem in today's world and we should always be appreciative of what we have because a lot of people would do anything to be where you are.
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