HUNGER & POVERTY
THE FACTS :
HUNGER a feeling of pain , weakness and discomfort caused by a lack of food coupled with a desire to eat
( Oxford Dictionary )
THERE ARE AROUND ONE BILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY :
15M
LIVE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
53M
LIVE IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
265M
LIVE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ( 42M LIVE IN THE NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA )
642M
LIVE IN ASIA & THE PACIFIC
600 MILLION VICTIMS OF HUNGER POVERTY ARE CHILDREN , IT AFFECTS THEM IN 3 WAYS :
STUNTING : Stunting affects approximately 195 million children under five years old in the developing world … about one in three . *
UNDERWEIGHT : 129 million children under five years old in the developing world are underweight – nearly one in four . 10 % of children in the developing world are severely underweight . *
WASTING : Children who suffer from wasting face a markedly increased chance of death . 13 % of children under five years old in the developing world are wasted . 5 % are extremely wasted , an estimated 26 million children . *
* UNICEF