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A Life Like Mine
Posted by: mmerryfield on Wednesday, March 3, 2010A Life Like Mine tells the story of how children live around the world through four themes: survival, development, protection, participation. Excellent images and text suitable for upper elementary and middle school students. Truly has a global perspective. Includes many visuals and maps.
Is is published by UNICEF.
21st Century Debates: Food Supply.
Posted by: admin on Monday, February 8, 2010Recommended because this children’s guide – one of an excellent series of 21st Century Debates – is aimed at 11 to 16-year-old schoolchildren. Making the point that we live in a world of food mountains and famines, where some people suffer from obesity while millions of others die of hunger, it examines the trends and issues behind such inequalities. It also considers possible solutions – from the development of agricultural technology to changes in global trading and food distribution systems. Can we produce enough food to nourish an ever-increasing population? Can we feed everyone without harming the environment? And will we ever see an end to hunger? These are just some of the questions tackled in this excellent and colorful book. Available from www.amazon.com.
Citation: Bowden, R. Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Division. (2003)
Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is derived from the raw, primitive journal of a homeless mother of three struggling to survive in a squalid Brazilian garbage dump. The dairy of Carolina Maria de Jesus described the daily routine life in a favela- a human garbage dump, house of the poor, the hungry, and the desperate. The author illustrated the way daily life threatened these poor favelados. The hunger that invaded every shack, particularly hers, drove her to hunt for paper and metal in order to acquire just enough money to keep her and her children alive. The black population in Brazil was treated as none human beings. They were discriminated against by most of the white majority population. It clearly reflects the title of the book “Child of the dark.”
Citation: Jesus, G. M. D., translated by Clair, S. D. (1962). New York : New American Library. $6.95.
Finding Solution to Hunger: Kids Can Make a Difference.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it emphasizes that individual and collective actions can make a difference. There are 25 lessons included in this book, and they provide valuable background information and creative suggestions to help students find answers to the challenging questions: “What is hunger?” “Why are people hungry?” and “What can we do to help end hunger?” Lessons use journals, newspapers, readings (included), role plays, and simulations to delve into topics including famine vs. chronic hunger, the legacy of colonialism, and “Hunger USA.” Sidebars throughout the book help students move beyond negative feelings into constructive activism. Appendixes list fund-raising ideas, organizations to contact, and an annotated bibliography of books and videos. This book is suitable for students from Grades 4-12. Available from www.socialstudies.com.
Citation: Kempf, S. (2001). World Hunger Year. $23.
The Atlas of Food.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this atlas, with vivid maps and graphics, provides a comprehensive account of the food chain – from plough to plate – and reveals how it affects the lives of us all. Food is vital for our health and welfare, and its production critically affects the environment as well as the wealth of nations. Despite a rapid increase in trade, hundreds of millions of people remain hungry, while chronic obesity is increasing worldwide. Much of the grain that could amply feed the worlds population is fed instead to cattle to satisfy the rich worlds appetite for meat. New technologies, such as GM crops, promise to increase food production, but are they completely safe? How do markets work, and whose vested interests are at stake? What are the impacts of different forms of farming, processing, transportation, retailing and changing eating habits?
Reviewed by www.peopleandplanet.net
Citation: Millstone, E. & Lang, T. Earthscan. (2003). New York : Penguin. $23.95.
Agri-Culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because Agri-Culture envisages the expansion of a new form of food production and consumption founded on more ecological principles and in harmony with the cultures, knowledge and collective capacities of the producers themselves. It draws on many stories of successful agricultural transformation in developing and industrialized countries, but with a warning that true prosperity will depend on the radical reform of the institutions and policies that control global food futures, and fundamental changes in the way we think. The time has come for the next agricultural revolution.
Reviewed by www.peopleandplanet.net
Citation: Pretty, J. (2002). Earthscan Publications.
Annual Editions: Global Issues 09/10. (2009).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because new editions each year contain collections of 30-40 up to date articles from scholars and the world press that examine the most important global issues facing the planet. The book has a world map, a glossary, a topic guide, and a list of related websites. This is one of many Annual Editions series. Others (see list on the Annual Editions website) are also relevant to specific issues as well as regional studies.
Citation: Jackson, Robert M. (editor). Guilford, CT: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. http://www.dushkin.com
Banking on Life and Debt. (1995).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because The video is an overview of World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies that promote poverty, starvation, and ecological ruin. Measured by its ability to engage most high school students, Banking on Life and Debt is spread too thin, covers too much history and too much political economy, and is narrated by too many talking heads. Nonetheless, through examining World Bank and IMF policies in Ghana, Brazil, and the Philippines, the video offers a convincing portrait of an international economic order that drains resources from poor countries in the name of development. And if used with other readings and activities that explore the global debt crisis, this can be an important resource. The video doesn’t bubble over with hope, but we do meet activists in every country visited who describe efforts to organize for alternatives to debt slavery. Review from Rethinking Schools/Rethinking Globalization Resources Page, 07/2002.
Deadly Embrace: Nicaragua, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. (1996).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because deadly embrace of the video’s title refers to the post-Sandinista government’s acceptance of the structural adjustment policies of the World Bank and IMF, which have devastated Nicaragua’s economy at least from the standpoint of the vast majority of the people. According to the video, unemployment has rocketed to 60%, credit to small farmers has been slashed, public school teachers work in deteriorating conditions for $60 to $70 a month, and public programs of all kinds have been eliminated. Meanwhile, free trade zones welcome transnational corporations who pay pennies an hour to desperate workers.
Review from Rethinking Schools/Rethinking Globalization Resources Page, 07/2002.
Where Are the Beans? (1994).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because Where Are the Beans? is a kind of detective story and an excellent classroom resource. Linda Shelly, of the Mennonite Central Committee, lived in La Esperanza, Honduras for several years. While there, she loved to eat red beans, a staple of the Honduran diet. But when she returned in 1993, she found that no one ate beans any longer. Where are the beans? is the question that Shelly pursues as she visits old friends to learn about how their lives have changed. Shelly discovers the answer in the structural adjustment policies that the International Monetary Fund pressed the Honduran government to adopt: fewer subsidies to the poor, currency devaluation, no more government loans to small farmers, and increased exports of … you guessed it: red beans. The small Honduran farmers have been pulled into the global economy pulled in at the bottom, says Shelly. Their new position in this system demands more and more from them and offers them less and less. Review from Rethinking Schools/Rethinking Globalization Resources Page, 07/2002.
The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is an outstanding compilation of excerpts from twenty-seven of Food First’s best writings designed to provide food system activists and the non-specialist general reader with an integrated overview of the world food system, how global politics affect hungry people, and the impact of the free market on the growth, processing, and distribution of foodstuffs. Through its research, Food First has shown that there is more than enough food for every man, woman, and child on the planet, but all too often the poor do not have access to that food. Rviewed by www.foodfirst.org
Citation: Boucher, D. M. (1999). Food First Books.
Who’s Hungry? And How Do We Know? Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it refines popular thinking about the underlying causes of hunger by looking at the complex relationships between hunger at different levels of social organization, from the state to the individual family, and how it is measured according to a “hunger typology” developed by Brown University’s World Hunger Program. This book is written by a sociologist, a nutritional anthropologist, and a demographer. Order from: United Nations Publications, 2 United Nations Plaza DC2-853, New York, NY 10017, USA. Telephone: (212) 963-8302 or 1-800-253-9646, fax: 1-212-963-3489, e-mail: publications@un.org.
Reviewed by www.worldhunger.org
Citation: DeRose, L., Messer, E., & Millman, S. (1998). United Nations University Press. $19.95.
The world food problem.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this book discusses the growth of both food output and arable land in general and in the context of the specific conditions (population pressure, economic conditions, etc.) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It also provides a short history of world hunger and chapters on population, poverty, and the contributions of trade and food aid round out this valuable resource. Although the authors well-researched analysis of the world food problem does not offer any easy solutions to the problems of hunger. What he does, very effectively, is to show what has happened in the past 30 years and to infer what lessons might be learned that could be of help in the future. Reviewed by Library Journal.
Citation: Grigg, D. (1993). Blackwell Publishers. $29.95.
A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because the authors of the book provide their first-hand experience of living in Bangladesh village, depict the people lives, and their struggles of survival from hunger and poverty. In this book, two Bengali-speaking Americans take the reader to a Bangladesh village where they lived for nine months. There, the reader meets some of the world’s poorest people–peasants, sharecroppers, and landless laborers–and some of the not-so-poor people who profit from their misery. The villagers’ poverty is not fortuitous, a result of divine dispensation or individual failings of character. Rather, it is the outcome of a long history of exploitation, culminating in a social order which today benefits a few at the expense of many.
Reviewed by www.foodfirst.org.
Citation: Hartmann, B. & Boyce, J. (1995). Food First Books.
KIDS ENDING HUNGER: What Can We Do? A Get-Into Action Book for Kids and Their Parents and Teachers.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because as this appealing book on a grim subject (co-written by mom Tracy with her pre-teen daughter, Sage, at Sage’s instigation) uses stories, drawings, maps, and straightforward narrative to inform, inspire, and move young readers away from guilt and indifference toward positive ways to attack a very serious problem, 40,000 children die each day from hunger worldwide. Giving 50 practical ways to fight hunger, the book includes lists of resources and audiovisual materials, a bibliography, and a glossary. This book is suitable for students from Grades 4-9. Reviewed from Center for World Education, University of Vermont.
Citation: Howard, T. A. & Howard, S. A. (1992). Andrews and McMeel Publishing. $2.25.
World Hunger: Twelve Myths.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is a revised edition of the classic on world hunger, three experts on food and agriculture expose the myths that prevent us from effectively addressing the problem. Drawing on Food First’s extensive research, the authors examine head-on the policies and politics that have kept hungry people from feeding themselves around the world, in both Third and First World countries, as well as the misconceptions that have obscured our own national, social, and humanitarian interests. World Hunger: Twelve Myths shakes many tenaciously held beliefs, but most important, it convinces readers that by standing together with the hungry we can advance not only humanitarian interests, but our own well-being. Reviewed by www.foodfirst.org
Citation: Lapp Grove Press Books. $10.40.
Go M.A.D! – 365 ways to Save the Planet
Posted by: admin onRecommended because Go MAD! is full of fascinating facts, thought-provoking statistics and 365 practical tips to help you make a difference. Go Make A Difference! Recommended for K-12 students. If you care about the environment and aren’t sure how to make a positive difference, look no further. Reviewed by environ – for people, the environment and the future.
Citation: The Ecologist.
The Business of Hunger. (1984). Maryknoll.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because as this 28-minute video is about the exporting of cash crops is a major cause of hunger in some places. Many people go hungry while their governments continue to export vital foodstuffs, such as Soya beans and groundnuts to the industrialized countries. The film, a winner of American Film Festival, describes this reality in Asia, Africa and Latin and North America and proposes a more just distribution of the earth’s resources.
Hungry for Profit. (1984). Richter, R.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this documentary, filmed in 8 countries, shows how agribusiness has created large, mechanized plantations out of small, peasant farms which grow profitable export crops despite local food needs. Tells how this situation actually increases the amount of hunger for some residents of Third World countries. Reviewed by The Media Resources Center of the UC Berkeley Library.
Isle of Flowers. Furtado, J. (1990).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this award-winning film depicts the human disaster of poverty brilliantly. From Brazil, this is a hilarious but ultimately devastating film about values, the food chain, and the human condition on a real life Brazilian island where pigs eat first, and the people are fed what the pigs leave over. Reviewed by First Run/Icarus Films.
Sowing Seeds of Hunger. Heer, J. (2003).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because as it shows, in the village of northern Zambia, the fallout from this pandemic extends beyond agriculture, undermining development in the region while endangering the lives of orphans and widows affected by the rampant spread of HIV. In southern Africa, the highest rates of HIV infection occur among young adults, whose ages range from 15 to 49. This is the same group who, as agricultural workers and small scale farmers, are the backbone and future of countries such as Zambia. Since 1985, more than seven million farmers have succumbed to AIDS, striking at the heart of agricultural production. This film is suitable for students from Grade 7- 12.
The Global Banquet: By Invitation Only. (2001). Maryknoll.
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is a two-part discussion of corporate farming and its global effects. Part 1 examines how corporate globalization of food threatens the livelihoods of small farmers in the U.S. and developing countries and how free trade is the route to mounting hunger worldwide, despite an overabundance of food. Part 2 looks at mass produced, low-cost food imports to developing countries and cash crop exports that deplete natural resources and render developing countries unable to feed themselves. It also examines the work of activists who are striving to rewrite unjust free trade policies. Reviewed by The Media Resources Center of the UC Berkeley Library.
Waiting. Harvey, M. (1996).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it a powerful and moving documentary that challenges us to examine how we respond to countries in crisis. As a result of civil war that has engulfed the Sudan since 1956, the Dinka people in the southern part of the country experience famine and the threat of attack on an all-too-frequent basis. Waiting chronicles the remarkable dignity of a people in a truly desperate situation. The people of the town of Alek have run out of food. The grain crop has been consumed, and enemies have stolen their livestock. Desperate, the people appeal for hunger relief. One-hundred-and-forty-five tons of grains are air-dropped into Alek, but there is a problem: without enough relief workers to distribute the food properly, there might be a riot. For a week, as the food sits on the ground, everyone — the starving Dinkas and the well-fed aid workers — waits for relief. Reviewed by First Run / Icarus Films.
WOMEN IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY: A CASE STUDY. (1995).
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it uses narration and interviews to examine the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which offers loans to poor village women for private and community enterprises, thus helping them avoid local money lenders. This film provides interviews the founder of the bank, Muhammad Yunus, and women who have been successfully involved with the bank. Discusses class and family dynamics related to economic independence, and highlights some of the obstacles the women have faced, particularly from fundamentalist Muslim leaders in the villages. It also includes interviews with husbands who have helped and encouraged their wives in using these resources. Reviewed by Media Resources of Indiana University.
Global Learning On-Line
Posted by: admin on Tuesday, January 19, 2010Recommended because it provides links to information, activities, and resources for educators interested in teaching about global issues.
The Globalization Website
Posted by: admin onRecommended because because it is a megasiteof globalization resources. The site was created and is maintained by the Sociology Department at Emory University and used in their globally oriented courses. The site links to organizations, books, people, issues, theories, and a glossary. The site also links to other megasites, data sources, non-English sites (German, French, and Spanish).
International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
Posted by: admin onRecommended because because the IFG focuses on (1) exposing the multiple effects of economic globalization in order to stimulate debate, and (2) seeking to reverse the globalization process by encouraging ideas and activities which revitalize local economies and communities, and ensure long term ecological stability. IFG Programs include the International Forum on Food and Agriculture, the Committee on Environmental Impacts of Economic Globalization, the Committee on the Globalization of Water, the Committee on Global Finance, and the Committee on Corporations. IFG also produces tapes and publications on globalization and its impacts. The site also links to information on the World Trade Organization (WTO), the IMF and the World Bank, and the United Nations & the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
URL: http://www.ifg.org/
World Resources Institute
Posted by: admin onRecommended because WRI is an environmental think tank that provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. Start with Global Topics to find resources on agriculture and food, biodiversity and protected areas, business and economics, climate change and energy, etc. See links to WRI Projects and EarthTrends, an Environmental Information Portal.
URL: http://www.wri.org/
Famine Early Warning System Network
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this site not only provides livelihood situation of African countries and Afghanistan, but it also features a learning center for educating the youth throughout the world about the issues surrounding famine in Africa. Topics and materials included in this site are reports of food security and weather in Africa which can be specified by countries, livelihood analysis, hazards such as flood, drought, HIV, climate, etc., and risk analysis of food shortage in these countries. In learning center, learning tools such as documents, glossary, maps and articles about famine are provided. Start by Emergencies, Warnings, and Watches for update possible famines. The learning Center has a youth page which is designed for grade school and middle school students.
URL: http://fews.net/
FIAN
Posted by: admin onRecommended because FIAN is an action-oriented grass roots organization with a network of members, sections and coordinations in more than 60 countries of the world joining hands for the realization of the right to feed oneself. Topics and materials included in this site are General Leaflets such as ‘Food Is A Human Right’ and ‘Food, Land & Freedom,’ WTO Fact Sheets, Agrarian Reform Fact Sheets (e.g. Brazil, Columbia, Guatemala, Honduras, Gender, World Bank) which documents and publicizes current struggle and violations of the right to feed oneself. Be aware of the fact these information and fact sheets are located in the General Info under the link of Library. Besides, the press resources are in the language of the publication.
URL: http://www.fian.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Minnesota)
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is an organization which gives practical help to developing countries through a wide range of technical assistance projects and it also collects, analyses, interprets and disseminates information relating to nutrition, food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Topics and materials included in this site are news, reports, database and articles about food and agriculture. With regards to world food and hunger. Start by issues such as Agricultural situation & Early warning, Emergency relief & Food aid, and Food supply. Besides, you can also find useful photos, videos, news stories, fact sheet, and hunger programs around the world in FAO newsroom. I suggest you to start with the areas highlighted above to avoid information not directly related to issues of food and hunger because the materials included in this site are a little bit too overwhelming.
URL: http://www.fao.org/
Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is an international classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. Topics and materials included in this site are three lessons which are provided for each of three school levels: primary, intermediate, and secondary. The lessons have been directed towards the middle of the developmental skills range for each level. Please be sure to click on titles of each lesson for more detailed explanations. In addition to lessons of teaching hunger, this site also includes links of sites of global education and world hunger. Start by Teacher’s Introduction, in which teachers can find useful information on how to use this site and how to implement these lesson plans in classrooms. Be aware of the fact that this site contains an interactive forum for exchanging ideas.
The Myths of Hunger Lesson Plan
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this lesson plan, based on the book World Hunger: Twelve Myths, challenges students from Grade 9-12 to separate fact from fiction and, at the same time, to examine a major issue confronting the global community. Topics and materials included in this site are introduction of world hunger, handout of Myths of Hunger, and student activities. Be aware of the fact that because this lesson is developed based on the book World Hunger: Twelve Myths, teachers are suggested to read this book prior to implementing this lesson.
Hunger Banquet
Posted by: admin onRecommended because HungerBanquet.org gives you a chance to learn about hunger from the point of view of those who experience it every day for each user attending the Hunger Banquet is randomly assigned a role with different income levels, personal backgrounds and living situations to experience the struggle of those millions of people throughout the world who live in poverty. Topics and materials included in this site are Hunger Quiz, which helps know about the facts on hunger and poverty around the world; Recipes for Disaster, which educate people that the root causes of hunger are not about a lack of food but a lack of education, a lack of access to resources, as well as conflict and war, unfair trade and discrimination; Recipes for Change, which emphasize developing livelihoods, empowering communities and cultivating fair trade.
Kids Can Made a Difference
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is an educational program for middle- and high school students, focuses on the root causes of hunger and poverty, the people most affected, solutions, and how students can help. The major goal is to stimulate the students to take some definite follow-up actions as they begin to realize that one person can make a difference. Topics and materials included in this site are Hunger Quiz about questions of world hunger, Kids Newsletter which highlights current hunger issues and student initiatives, and facts about hunger around the world and in the US, childhood hunger in the US, and growing income disparity and consumption. Be aware of the fact that the teacher guide, Finding Solutions To Hunger: Kids Can Make A Difference, is available upon placing order from this site. The price for the book is $23 per copy + $6 shipping.
Know Hunger
Posted by: admin onRecommended because it is a ready-to-use, 6-unit social studies curriculum geared toward high school youth (a middle school curriculum will be available soon), and designed to enable educators to easily integrate social content materials into their classes. The complete curriculum can be used online or downloaded free of charge! Topics and materials included in this site are six curricula which teach students to understand hunger problems in the world and in the America as well as possible solutions. Each of the units contain curriculum standard for social studies, student activities, personal portfolio, progress chart, and references. This site also provides information for educators about how to use this site and information for students such as testing students’ hunger IQ, hunger questions, and hunger-related key items. Be aware of the fact that in order to receive curriculum updates, teachers need to register for membership, which is free of charge.
Stop Hunger Now The New York Times Daily Lesson Plan
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this lesson plan encourages students to explore the problem of world hunger by reading about a recent United Nations report and then brainstorm ideas for programs to end the cycle of poverty and hunger worldwide. Topics and materials included in this site are detailed explanation of implementing this lesson in classrooms such as materials, resources, vocabulary, evaluation and extension activities. Besides, it connects hunger issues to other disciplines such as economics, health and media studies and also can be used to address academic standards for Grade 6-12. Be aware of the fact that this lesson is recommend for the following subjects: geography, global history, and social studies. It is a 45minute-1 hour lesson.
PBS Online Forum: North Korea Famine
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this online forum collects some key questions and news segments about hunger problem in North Korea, and this is a useful site for people who are interested in knowing hunger problem in North Korea. Topics and materials included in this site are questions posted by about North Korea famine such as degrees of widespread of famine, causes of hunger, and food estimates in North Korea as well as how other countries can help relieve the problems. Also, the forum contains audio news segment for each news story with transcripts. Be aware of the fact that to listen the news segments online requires Real Player, which can be downloaded from www.real.com.
People and Planet.net
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this site provides a global review and internet gateway into the issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment. In the section of Food and Agriculture, topics and materials included in this sub-page are Overview of current related issues of hunger, food, farming and production around the world, such as sustainable farming, biotechnology, genetically modified organisms (GMO), etc.; Factfile, which contains topics such as the facts about hunger, the trends of production, land and population, farming and water, farming and fertilisers, desertification and degraded land, seed security, going organic, conservation agriculture. Be aware of the fact that in its Glossary lists quite a few basic and important words including agronomy, bio-gas, salinization, shifting cultivation, soil erosion, subsistence farming, World Food Summit, etc. There is also a Picture Gallery with photos of undernourished people or victims of chronic hunger in the world. The pictures can be downloaded for educational purposes only and not for commercial use. Any other use of the images requires the prior written permission of the photographer/photolibrary concerned. This site is great for high school students and above.
Hunger in the World
Posted by: admin onRecommended because this lesson plan, developed by Utah Education Network, helps students understand and realize the realities of hunger, causes of world hunger problem, and the gap between developed and undeveloped countries. Topics and materials included in this site are instruction procedures, variations of activities, teachers’ note, pre- or post-activity questions, and resources for teachers’ use. Be aware of the fact that there are many useful work sheets or activities contained in the Web Sites. Teachers are suggested to look at each of the materials and print out supportive handouts before applying this lesson plan in your classrooms.
World Food Programme
Posted by: admin onRecommended because WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger and also one of the world’s largest humanitarian organization, which every year helps feed over 70 million people in 82 countries. Topics and materials included in this site are its Newsroom with latest news, press releases, in depth, photo gallery, speeches, emergency report, video, etc. with regard to food shortage and hunger problem around the world, and an Africa Hunger Alert campaign in the Appeals section, monitoring how drought, war and HIV/AIDS have put more than 40 million people in Africa’s hunger crisis. Start by the Around the World Hunger Map on its homepage to get an overview of food and hunger problems in the countries in different regions including Asia, East & Central Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Caribbean, Mediterranean, Middle East and Central Asia, Southern Africa and West Africa.
URL: http://www.wfp.org/
Hunger Notes
Posted by: admin onRecommended because Hunger Notes serves as an entrance site and database to inform the community of people interested in issues of hunger and poverty. Topics and materials included in this site are current news and development as well as links and guides to several regions and issues such as Africa, Asia, Global, United States, Nutrition, Health & Population. There are quite a few useful information and links in the section ‘Learn More About Hunger,’ which contains Hunger Fact Sheets, Links to Other Websites, Education about Hunger and Poverty Issues. Be aware of the fact that this site is affiliated with World Hunger Education Service and an online magazine sponsored by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and American Baptist Church USA.
World Hunger Year
Posted by: admin onRecommended because WHY is a non-profit organization and a leader in the fight against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. Topics and materials included in this site are mostly in its Information Center, in which contains
Just the Facts (e.g. Domestic/International Hunger & Poverty Facts), WHY Speaks (e.g. Reflections on the War, Water Series, Basics on Food), and Recommended Reading, etc. Be aware of the fact that there is another WHY program page–’Reinvesting in America’– within its Food Security Learning Center. You may also utilize the National Hunger and Poverty Resource Guide (NHPRG), which is searchable by organization or resource.