Starvation

According to a report of the World Food Organization, every seventh person is hungry in the world. As for India, it ranks 100 in the Global Hunger Index among 119 countries. Unfortunately, deaths from hunger take place in the country where many schemes of food and nutrition security are regularly run on a grant of billions of rupees. Under the mid-day meal schemes, about 12 million children are claimed to be fed meals every day. Crores of government funds are spent in the name of providing food…

In the world, food insecurity remains an enormous challenge. Food insecurity is still a great concern for many households in Kenya. This situation is connected to high level of poverty that exists in the country, particularly in rural areas. Each year , between one to four million people receive relief food from both the national and donor agencies such as the world food program. Unfortunately policy responses have almost always inclined towards responding to emergencies of food shortages rather…

Conflict is an aspect of war that is very often avoided for the fear of loss, but however, it is part of our human existence. It has been known to bring about all manner of outcomes from food shortages to prosperity, economic recession to gender equality among others. Civil conflict has been known to leave people with little or no time to practice farming hence causing food shortages. The Nigerian/Cameroon dispute can be regarded as an international conflict that history will always remember.…

Malnutrition has been a major problem in Africa for a very long time. The nutrition that children and adults lack has caused many deaths over the years. Ethiopia, a country in Africa, has been known as one of the top countries in Africa with the highest malnutrition rate, especially children having the highest rate of malnutrition. Malnutrition in Ethiopia has been talked about for a very long time, but there really hasn 't been a solution to this major problem yet. There are plenty of reasons…

How many times a day do we have to sit down and have a meal, or even just a snack? One of the most despairing problems in the world is world hunger. Hunger can be defined as two things: One- A Strong Desire or craving, Two- the want or scarcity of food. Unfortunatly, there isn’t enough food in the world, or money to provide everyone in the world with food. For this cause many people around us experience extreme measures of hunger and starve. This is a very disconsolate subject that everyone…

Unbearable stomach pains, weakened immune system, extreme exhaustion, and diarrhea; all effects of a common global issue known as hunger. This condition enslaves about 800 million people today, relentless with its agonizing punishment, and yet there is one simple solution (Poverty). Adequate food and water on a daily basis cures the problem of hunger and renews the body into a healthy state. The issue lies partially in the fact that food is not being provided to the people that need it because…

The experience of a first generation Indian American growing up in the US was a privilege given to me by my parents. Throughout the years, I have had the opportunity to visit India and have witnessed different ways of living. The first time I visited India, I was six. My parents took me to all the places they lived, learned, and explored throughout their childhood. I was immersed in the culture and was able to learn so many new things about my heritage. I was also able to see how people lived in…

There is much to be learned from analyzing Dorothea Lange’s photograph “Migrant Mother” and the article relating to it by Kevin Starr. The photograph shows a poor migrant family and how the conditions they have been living through have begun to wear them down. The article gives more personal information on the family, ones you wouldn’t have been able to get from the photo, like how the mother’s name was Florence Thompson and that, “...they had been living on frozen vegetables from surrounding…

In “Flavio’s Home” the home life is beyond awful. The lives of everyone in the slums have been just poor and miserable, they have no money and no clean supplies to live on. In this essay I will tell you about the living and health situations, water and food supply, and how the slums have changed. It is a shame because these people live like this day in and day out for their whole lives and it never changes. “I’ve never lost my fierce grudge against poverty. It is the most savage of all human…

Although Colorado, Virginia, and South Carolina all have things going for them, including cultural and historical attractions, Colorado is the best place to live and raise a family. Colorado has an abundance of outdoor activities for people of all interests and fitness levels. Magnificent scenery abounds and strong social communities thrive. Perhaps due to the myriad outdoor activities Colorado has one of the lowest obesity rates in the country ((webmd)). In contrast, South Carolina experiences…