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Global Hunger

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Rachel Wolff
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Latest press releases

9/25/2009	World Vision to G20: More influence must equal more responsibility toward global poor
9/22/2009	Summits alone won’t feed the hungry, aid agency says
09/08/2009	World Vision sounds alarm as Kenya faces drought, hunger crisis
07/10/2009	Obama’s food security pledge at G8 a laudable step; now must meet goals, aid agency says

The need

Nutritious food is a critical building block for children’s growth and development. Half of all childhood deaths can be traced to malnutrition. And when parents are weakened by hunger, they cannot work, grow crops or provide for their families.

Severe food shortages result from factors that often compound each other:

Poor farming techniques
Low soil fertility
Poor access to quality seeds
Poor control of crop pests
Environmental degradation
Drought and other natural disasters

Unless communities can establish secure sources of food to meet their nutritional needs, they have little hope of offering their children a healthy future.

Nutritious food is a critical building block for children’s growth and development.

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Additional resources

A young boy in a refugee camp in Southern Africa eats his rice. The food crisis in Southern Africa grows worse by the day as grain prices continue to rise.
Photo ©2008/Sibusisiwe Ndlovu/World Vision

In Honduras at a World Vision distribution center, a pregnant mother receives essential food supplies to prevent malnutrition.
Photo ©2007/Andrea Dearborn/World Vision

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