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