Hunger News
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Juba -
The United Nations food agency on Saturday warned South Sudan risked famine due to the conflict between the government and rebels and appealed for free access for humanitarian supplies along roads and rivers.
In the Media
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Country duo Florida Georgia Line has joined General Mills, Big Machine Label Group and Feeding America to launch the third Outnumber Hunger campaign to help local food banks.
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher encouraged farmers to carry on with the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food and establish standards for international trade, while a shipment of GMO corn sits off the coast of China.
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A science study suggests that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day, and acting as a type of ‘stomach clock’.
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Singer-songwriter Lissie has been selected to serve as Hard Rock's "Imagine There's No Hunger" artist ambassador in the United States.
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World population growth will, by many estimates, lead to a shortage of food. One particular researcher has recently stated that the solution is developing GM foods. Is this the answer, or does it present new environmental and health risks?
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During his 2008 presidential campaign, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to close Guantanamo Bay; the infamous Caribbean prison often associated with George W. Bush's War on Terror policies.
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Poverty is a global issue. Earlier this month several Toronto notables including Kristyn Wong-Tam went a week with only a $6.65 daily food budget. What if that budget was further reduced to a mere $1.75?
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In villages across the conflict zone of Chhattisgarh, India, young men and women from the most underdeveloped communities are leading a silent movement against malnourishment and hunger
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Not only were the performances announced for the ACM Awards, to be handed out April 7 on CBS, so was a special event featuring Jewel.
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Athens -
A new series of short documentaries about the Greek crisis has been created to fulfill the need for an alternative crisis narrative. The series shows the people going through their daily routines in a country which is suffering.
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In recent years the UK has seen a sharp rise in the numbers of its citizens relying on food banks but a leading United Nations official has warned today that such reliance could become a human rights issue.
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On Monday, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto launched a campaign to combat hunger in the country and presented a four-point plan to tackle the issue.
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Istanbul -
As Turkey is hit with harsh winter cold and snow sent down from a Russian cold front, Syrian refugees in Turkey face hunger, inadequate housing, and lack of warm clothes or medical treatment.
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Childhood hunger is an epidemic which is sweeping the world, and now has invaded the United States as well. Over 16 million children are hungry in America today, 129 million children in the world are underfed.
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Toronto -
Toronto may be the richest city in Canada but there's a dirty secret: in order to pay rent many of the working poor can't afford to feed their families.
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Dublin -
A video interview with Richard Boyd Barrett, a member of the Irish Parliament, about the devastation of EU-enforced austerity measures.
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Toronto -
Combine Twitter, hunger and a group of concerned Torontonians and you come up with HoHoTO. A grassroots movement that raises money for Toronto's Daily Bread Foodbank, HoHoTO has been active since 2008.
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Millions of Americans have shopped in supermarkets for the food to be prepared and consumed in a bountiful Thanksgiving feast, yet the destination for millions of others is food banks for a basic holiday meal.
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Toronto -
Imagine being hungry. That is the reality for many in Toronto. Without local food banks some families can not make it through the month.
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They are your neighbours, the little old lady day the street, the cute kid your child plays with at the park. They are Canadians and they are hungry. Being 'food insecure' is an issue for many in Canada.
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One-third of the world's food production is either lost or wasted each year, according to a report commissioned by the United nations.
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In Northwest Arkansas, children are hungry during the weekends as well as during the week, and on Fridays the Samaritan Community Center provides snackpacks to thousands of kids in order to lessen their weekend hunger.
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Kids in Canada may ask Santa for the latest toys but for children in developing countries the gift of knowledge and a full belly would be their request according to a new global survey.
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Paris -
It was a banquet without food, as thousands of empty plates next to the Eiffel Tower represented people going without meals.
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Hunger facts: 49 million Americans are at a risk of going hungry today. As the economy has worsened food banks have seen an increase in demand of over 30%. Will you help the National Letter Carriers in the final push on their drive to Stamp Out Hunger.
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Thirty-nine years ago the World Vision 30 Hour Famine started what would become a nationwide event for teens in Canada to experience what hunger feels like first-hand.
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They were poor. They were sick. They were the workers that cleaned up after your great-grandparents and built your houses. They were the Irish and they were hated.
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The HungerCount 2009 survey just released shows food banks across Canada helped 794,738 separate individuals in March
2009.
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A study in the Nov. 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and a recently released report by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture both point to American children struggling to get enough to eat. In 2008, a quarter of kids went hungry.
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Doctors Without Borders were in the city of Mogadishu, Somali, to provide emergency assistance to people who had been displaced by war and hunger.
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Luke Bryan helping Yoplait Greek and Universal Music Group fight hunger by signing a guitar.
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A young woman heats oil in a large wok in Kurri village of central India to fry grains for making the cereal.
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The cereal that the village youths produce is providing the much-needed nutrition to young children of their own village
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Banquet Against Hunger
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The cereal that the village youths produce is providing much-needed nutrition to the children of the village
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WFP/Franklyn Gregory
143 million children under 5 are underweight in developing countries of which 121 million live in low-income food-deficit countries.
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Home Safe Toronto documentary screening and expert discussion in at The Royal Theatre
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Somali refugees sharing a meal in an Ethiopian tent
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United Nations Organization / Stuart Price
Women rush to a feeding centre in Mogadishu. The UN has declared famine throughout Somalia's southern regions and UN agencies have stepped up their support as drought and insecurity have led to a massive displacement of people.
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A child of Somali refugees, at a camp in Malkadiida, Ethiopia.
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Young women in Sindurimeta village of central India fry grains to make the cereal that will be later distributed to young children and lactating mothers for better nutrition.
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