Over the past few days I have been pondering over the newest problem thats been affecting East Africa, the fight to end World Hunger. AFFECTING More then 1 billion people. Approximatley 1/6 of the people are hungry and everyday nearly 16,000 children die of hunger or relatated causes. We have the resources to feed the world, we just need the will.
Recent reports show that The Horn of Africa is suffering from the worst drought of rainfall in over 60 years. This has resulted in a food crisis affecting 3.7 million people in Somalia and 3.5 million in Kenya. On August 3rd, 2011 the United Nations declared this famine has spread throughout three more regions of Somalia including the capital, Mogadishu. Malnutritional levels for children have soared. In many regions of Somalia, 30% to 50% of the children are malnourished. The UN estimates that 29,000 children under the age of five have already died, while 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished and at risk of dying, unless helped immediately!
Even while times are getting tough in the United States we still have more resources and an abundant number of ways to give back, that will not stretch your wallets. Anything given will be of great help. Sites like www.mercyusa.org offers a link to give as much or little as you like. www.stophungernow.org offers a meal packaging program assisting thousands of hungry families around the world. There are also other ways to help fight for this cause, even without directly giving money you can go on sites like www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive where sponsors are donating money every day, just for clicking on the site and showing your support. The churches are also helping out through www.bread.org where their encouraging everyone to write to Congress and influence new policies to be made that will redirect millions of dollars to help feed millions of people and save lives. Make your voice heard and start today by speaking out on the needs of hungry and poor people.
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