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Hunger

Over 850 million people in the world are undernourished, which is more than three times the entire United States population.  Today, the world has the tools, knowledge and resources to fulfill the promise of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to reduce extreme poverty and hunger by 2015.   But we need your help!

 

 SPOTLIGHT ON | WORLD FOOD DAY

In a coordinated national effort, 2006-2007 Global Citizen Corps Leaders from New York to Texas used creative ways to mobilize their peers on World Food Day.

Check out what they did >>

 GET INVOLVED

10 ways for you to fight World Hunger!

  1. Join the youth movement
  2. Sign the international hunger relief petition
  3. Donate to the NetAid World Schoolhouse
  4. Pass out flyers (pdf) and spread the word about how to help fight world hunger!
  5. Poster your school campus (pdf) and dish out knowledge about world hunger
  6. Make a film and submit it to Fight Hunger's viral video contest
  7. Write an Op-Ed (pdf) for your school or community newspaper
  8. Organize a Hunger Banquet (pdf) at your school or community
    For more information about the Hunger Banquet, visit: www.oxfamamerica.org
  9. Host a fundraising event (pdf) for NetAid
  10. Become a NetAid Global Citizen Corps Leader and hold your own Global Action Days throughout the year!  Apply here today!

 

 
TAKE ACTION

GET INFORMED

Hunger and Food Insecurity Video
 

There is enough food to feed the 6.4 billion people in the world, yet over 850 million people in the world are undernourished.
Find out why >>

Learn more about hunger >>


ACTION TOOLS

ACTION IDEAS


"For World Food Day I am getting a banner made that reads, '1=10. For every minute that you eat, ten children die of hunger and malnutrition. You do the math.' "
Miriam, Global Citizen Corps Leader, New Jersey

 

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