Will Starvation End Our World?

Everyone has heard of world hunger, but what does it mean? Why is it important that we stop world hunger in today’s society? If you consume less than 1,800 calories a day, you are undernourished. We have so many undernourished people on our planet that the problem is known as world hunger. If you get too undernourished, you can starve. That’s why it’s important to eat a certain amount of food everyday. 

Hunger is mostly caused by poverty, people who earn less than $1.90 a day. Poverty means that people do not earn enough money to support themselves and in most cases, have enough food to eat. Minimum wage in Ontario is $14.25 and people here are still struggling to support themselves with that amount of money. Imagine living with almost a fourteenth of that amount. Mostly, the people who earn $1.90 a day are farmers in developing countries, but many other people are experiencing extreme poverty. There are about 1 billion people in the year that are struggling to support themselves and their families. 

There are a lot of hungry people but the number of hungry people went down from 15% to 8.9% in the past 15 years and there have been 34% less hungry people since 1990. However, unfortunately scientists estimate that there will be 83 million to 132 million more hungry people because of the economic recession due mainly to COVID-19 and it’s expected that 840 million people will be undernourished by 2030. 

Some people believe that the toll of undernourishment and hunger rests solely on adults, but many children are also affected by it. Despite the efforts of numerous hunger organizations, 45% of children deaths are caused by hunger and over 99 million children under the age of five are undernourished & underweight. 1.5 million more children than the present amount are estimated to be undernourished because of the rising food prices globally. 

Did you know that ⅛ of Asia is hungry? And that almost ¼ of India is undernourished? These numbers are very high and alarming, but there are, luckily, some solutions. 

  • Donate to the food bank. If you donate food such as canned and packaged goods, it feeds people and helps. Did you know that the United States could stop world hunger with the amount of money they have, but instead they are spending it on making new weapons in case there is another world war! I don’t know why they prefer planning wars to saving the world, but it’s not helping anyone! That’s why we need you to help donate to the food banks and feed the hungry. 
  • Give gift cards or food and water to homeless people. If you see someone homeless on the side of the road and are able to give them gift cards or food and water, it would be a lot better than straight money. When people are homeless, a lot of times they are addicted to alcohol or cigarettes which are bad for their health, but cheap. If you give them things like gift cards to grocery stores or fast food restaurants, they will be able to buy food that they actually need. 
  • Bring food to homeless shelters. If there’s a homeless shelter nearby, bring them homemade food or baked goods such as cookies and brownies. It will make them feel appreciated and give them hope, at least as long as they taste good. 
  • Many of us take food for granted because we were raised in a society that has a lot of it, and we don't realize how lucky we are to be able to just drive to the store or a restaurant and buy a meal. Many people in other countries or homeless people in this country, are struggling to survive because they do not have enough food. Therefore, you should not waste the food that you do have by throwing out your meal when you’re not finished or wasting food in other ways. 
Thank you so much for reading this article. I hope that you try the solutions because this problem has been around for a long time and it would feel great for this to not be a problem anymore. We had fun writing this article as a team and hope you liked reading it. Please consider following our blog. Together, we can change the world. 

-EarthLover24 and the Save The Earth Team     

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