World Food Day 2018

1. World Food Day 2018 Dera sacha sauda Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh celebrating World Food Day

2. What is World Food Day World Food Day World Food Day was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. PálRomány, played an active role at the 20th Session of the FAO Conference and suggested the idea of celebrating the WFD worldwide. It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger.

3. World Food Day 2018

4. Why It is Celebrated 16 Oct World Food Day Think eat, Follow eat World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger.Held annually on 16th October, people from around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate worldwide hunger from our lifetime.  Celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, 805 million people worldwide live with chronic hunger, 60% women and almost five million children under the age of five die of malnutrition-related causes every day.

5. Zero Hunger 8 Reasons Why Zero Hunger Changes the World Zero hunger could save the lives of 3.1 million children a year Well-nourished mothers have healthier babies with stronger immune systems Ending child undernutrition could increase a developing country's GDP by 16.5 percent A dollar invested in hunger prevention could return between $15 and $139 in benefits Proper nutrition early in life could mean 46 percent more in lifetime earnings Eliminating iron deficiency in a population could boost workplace productivity by 20 percent Ending nutrition-related child mortality could increase a workforce by 9.4% Zero hunger can help build a safer, more prosperous world for everyone

6. World Food Day-Zero Hunger

7. DSS Volunteers World Food Day DSS Volunteers, conducted a nation wide ration distribution drive On the occasion of World Food Day, Dera Sacha Sauda Volunteers, conducted a nation wide ration distribution drive to make sure the message is given to the masse about fighting hunger & malnutrition, collectively. Understanding the needs of lacs of marginalised forced to go, hungry for days, Rev. Guru Ji has initiated various measures for these children, of lesser God. Towards this goal, Food banks, Clothes Banks etc. are established in every Block (district/city), which are duly refilled by the volunteers. On a particular day, distribution is conducted, across the Block after having identified the needy families. Households are identified by conducting survey by the volunteers, to make sure, supplies are provided to genuine families and accordingly those families are provided monthly supplies, with due respect and dignity and month on month their needs are  duly fulfilled.

8. Food Distribution by DSS Volunteers

9. An Organic Range of Food Items DSS Volunteers taking pledges to support the marginalised families Efforts are also initiated by Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, to tackle adulteration of food, by launching an organic range of food items, right from grocery, milk products, pickles, cookies, shampoo, oils etc. The raw material is sourced directly from farmers, making sure they grow products using organic methods and makes sure, the products are of best quality.  Care is also taken to provide organic and unadulterated products at reasonable cost, benefitting both the farmers and consumers, by eliminating middlemen.

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