Research Paper On World Hunger

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World Hunger According to www.dosomething.org 11.3 percent of the world struggles with hunger. That's nearly 805 million people that struggle with providing food for themselves and their families. In 2010 an estimated 7.6 million children died from starvation, that is outrageous we need to do something to help the world and the people of underdeveloped countries find the food that they need. Several organizations were formed in order to help resolve the issue that is world hunger. Action Against Hunger, Food for the Hungry, and the Global Hunger Project are just some examples of any organizations that have been formed. World hunger is a very large precipice that will be very daunting to overcome. Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian organization

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