{"id":90775,"date":"2023-04-04T10:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=90775"},"modified":"2023-11-13T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T00:07:02","slug":"global-hunger-crisis-famine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/hunger-news-stories\/global-hunger-crisis-famine","title":{"rendered":"Global hunger crisis: Famine closes in"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Soaring food prices driven by the <a href=\"\/disaster-relief-news-stories\/ukraine-crisis-facts-faqs-and-how-to-help\">war in Ukraine<\/a>, persistent drought and other extreme weather events, and the ongoing impacts of the <a href=\"\/disaster-relief-news-stories\/what-is-coronavirus-facts\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> have escalated extreme hunger worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Today, nearly 45 million people in 37 countries are at risk of starvation. Due to a lack of adequate nutrition, 22 million children are suffering from wasting &mdash; severe weight loss that can lead to death if not treated. This number is equal to the combined populations of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, and Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in the Horn of Africa: Across Ethiopia, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/somalia\">Somalia<\/a>, nearly 4.9 million girls and boys are acutely malnourished in drought-affected areas and need urgent care.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote pullquote--inset\">When the children are hungry, they will start crying, asking for food and will not stop.<cite class=\"attribution\">&mdash;Hawa, a mother in Somalia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Somalia alone, about 6.7 million people will likely face acute food insecurity, and experts predict famine in two districts, Baidoa and Burhakaba &mdash; where at least 300,000 people are already living with &ldquo;catastrophic&rdquo; levels of food insecurity.<\/p>\n<h3>More go hungry, and malnutrition persists<\/h3>\n<p>Hunger has exacted a heavy toll on women and children in Baidoa. According to a doctor at Bay Regional Hospital, which offers free medical care to Somalis experiencing severe malnutrition, one to two children are dying daily. Children who recover from malnutrition continue to receive outpatient services, including through World Vision&ndash;supported therapeutic clinics and mobile health and nutrition outreach programs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the children are hungry, they will start crying, asking for food and will not stop. When I have water, I give [it to] them to stop crying but it will be &hellip; a moment before they start again, demanding for food,&rdquo; says <a href=\"\/hunger-news-stories\/scarce-nutritious-options-for-children-somalia-drought-persists\">Hawa<\/a>, a 30-year-old mother living in an internal displacement camp in Baidoa.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s not just Africa. Hunger has also gripped <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/haiti\">Haiti<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/myanmar\">Myanmar<\/a>, and Yemen, where millions of people are already experiencing famine-like conditions. Food insecurity is spiking in Central America. Two deadly hurricanes in 2020 &mdash; Eta and Iota &mdash; devastated an already vulnerable situation in the region.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote pullquote--inset\">The truth is that this year we are not going to be able to harvest anything.<cite class=\"attribution\">&mdash;Rony, a farmer in Honduras<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Cop&aacute;n Ruinas, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/honduras\">Honduras<\/a>, farmers like Rony Va&#769;squez face challenging conditions with failed crops due to excessive rains and the inability to pay for fertilizer. &ldquo;The truth is that this year we are not going to be able to harvest anything,&rdquo; says Rony. For his children, including 7-year-old Andrea, that means missing nutritious meals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90908\" style=\"width: 1655px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90908 size-full lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/email\/met3\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"A young Honduran girl holds out wilted, stunted bean sprouts.\" width=\"1655\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-1280x835.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-1536x1002.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-640x418.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-360x235.jpg 360w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-850x555.jpg 850w, https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit-1140x744.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wvusstatic.com\/www\/uploads\/2023\/03\/D155-0506-031-Edit.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Honduras, 7-year-old Andrea holds bean plants that never grew properly. Lack of money to buy fertilizer in time and saturated soils from the rains prevented this food from reaching her table. (&copy;2022 World Vision\/photo by Andr&eacute; Guardiola)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>From Angola to Yemen, a life-saving mission is underway<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the global hunger crisis, World Vision launched our largest humanitarian undertaking ever in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re working to reach 22 million people with life-saving aid in 26 of the hardest-hit countries: Afghanistan, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/angola\">Angola<\/a>, Burkina Faso, the <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/central-african-republic\">Central African Republic<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/chad\">Chad<\/a>, the <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/democratic-republic-congo\">Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/a>, Ethiopia, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/guatemala\">Guatemala<\/a>, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/lebanon\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/mali\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/mauritania\">Mauritania<\/a>, Myanmar, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/niger\">Niger<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/sierra-leone\">Sierra Leone<\/a>, Somalia, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/south-sudan\">South Sudan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/sri-lanka\">Sri Lanka<\/a>, Sudan, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/syria\">Syria<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>, <a href=\"\/our-work\/country-profiles\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>, Venezuela, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>As of January 23, 2023, we&rsquo;ve supported more than 18.7 million children and adults in affected countries with the essentials they need to survive. &ldquo;If we move by faith and share the little we have, the grace of God will engulf the effort,&rdquo; says <a href=\"\/hunger-news-stories\/global-hunger-crisis-we-dare-not-look-away-from-the-situation-in-somalia\">Gwayi Patrick<\/a>, an emergency communications specialist for World Vision in Somalia. &ldquo;God does not despise our imperfect efforts or see them as insignificant. He works collaboratively, by taking our gifts &mdash; and blessing them to increase.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Join us in praying that God will protect and provide for children and communities facing hunger worldwide.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Almighty God, You are our sustainer, especially in the most challenging times. We pray for You to give the hungry their daily bread (Matthew 6:11) and end their persistent hunger. We ask You to restore health, well-being, and livelihoods. We know no emergency or crisis is too much for You to relieve.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;85828&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;full&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo; onclick=&rdquo;custom_link&rdquo; title=&rdquo;Hunger has a name&rdquo; link=&rdquo;\/hunger-news-stories\/hunger-has-a-name&rdquo;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;84972&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; alignment=&rdquo;center&rdquo; onclick=&rdquo;custom_link&rdquo; link=&rdquo;\/hunger-news-stories\/fallout-when-hunger-has-no-borders&rdquo;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the devastating reality of global hunger, with soaring food insecurity and costs, extreme weather events, and the COVID-19 pandemic putting 45 million people in 37 countries at risk of starvation. 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