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HuNGER: CROP WALK 2010

HuNGER: CROP WALK 2010. An Introduction to World Hunger. What is Hunger?. Hunger = “the urge to eat” For most of us, feelings of hunger don’t last long as we are usually able to eat soon after we feel hungry For other people around the world, hunger means discomfort, weakness, and pain.

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HuNGER: CROP WALK 2010

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  1. HuNGER: CROP WALK 2010 An Introduction to World Hunger

  2. What is Hunger? • Hunger = “the urge to eat” • For most of us, feelings of hunger don’t last long as we are usually able to eat soon after we feel hungry • For other people around the world, hunger means discomfort, weakness, and pain http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=1271

  3. HUNGER FACTS Hypothetically, there is enough food in the world to feed the entire global population ~ World Food Programme HOWEVER…. Oneout of every three children world wide is hungry http://www.uni.edu/gai/people_pictures/three_children.jpg

  4. Children with Hunger Hungry children are more likely to: • Have slowed down growth and development • More stomachaches and colds • Have lower tests scores • Repeat a grade http://www.sxc.hu/photo/855376 http://strength.org/childhood_hunger/hunger_facts/

  5. Brief overview of hunger around the world…

  6. Hunger in the United States http://media.photobucket.com/image/map%20of%20usa/chenpn/chenpndotcom/usa-map.gif

  7. United States • Percentage of people with hunger: • 49.1 million Americans- including nearly 17 million children - don’t have access to enough healthy food to thrive are and facing hunger. http://strength.org/childhood_hunger/hunger_facts/ • 1 out of every 7 households (14.6%) in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger. http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/ http://www.sxc.hu/photo/118775 http://www.tulsa.oklahoma.net/~silvrdal/houses.jpg

  8. Closer to home…

  9. South Carolina Our state has one of the highest rates of food insecure childrenunder the age of 18 - Along with Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arizona, and District of Columbia ~Child Food Insecurity in the United States: 2005-2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Carolina_counties_map.png

  10. Hunger in India

  11. India: Hunger Facts • Highest number of undernourished people of any country in the world • 230 million people in India are undernourished • Malnutrition causes around half of child deaths in India Source: The Times of India http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=976114

  12. India: Hunger Facts • 80% of the malnourished don't get vitamin supplements • 25% of the people live on less than a dollar a day. • The poor eat a lot of grains such as white rice and wheat and very little meat Source: The Times of India http://www.sxc.hu/photo/172060

  13. Hunger in africa flickr.com/photos/faugusto/73577336/

  14. Did you know? • Almost half of the people in sub-Saharan Africa live on less than $1 a day • 32% of people are undernourished • 184 million people suffer from malnutrition flickr.com/photos/islandgyrl/1753762674/

  15. A child dies every three seconds from extreme poverty, often before they turn 5. Nearly 1/3 of children in Sub-Saharan Africa are underweight

  16. As you can see… Hunger is a major problem all over the Earth

  17. What can we do to help? Participate in the CROP WALK!

  18. What is a CROP Hunger Walk? Neighbors walking together to take a stand against hunger in our world. CROP Walks are used to raise awareness and funds for international relief and development, as well as local hunger-fighting.

  19. We walk because they walk… They walk for food.They walk for water.They walk for wood. They walk to escape violence.They walk to seek shelter.They walk to farm their fields.They walk to go to school.They walk to survive. ~Clemson Community Care http://wow.clemsoncommunitycare.org/why.html

  20. How do you participate? It’s easy! • Decide to walk • Get sponsored in order to raise money • Go walk

  21. Where does the money we raise go? • 75% of the money goes to fight international hunger through Church World Service • 25% stays local • Recipient of local services is: Clemson Community Care (CCC) • According to the 2009 CCC Annual Report: • $298,146.06 was disbursed for hunger • 9,298 individual people were served • 144,456 pounds of food were distributed

  22. Fun Ideas for the Walk • Make a banner for a country and carry it as a group when you walk • Make T-shirts to represent a country with and wear them during the walk • Carry a bucket of water to symbolize the people who must collect and carry their water every day flickr.com/photos/14771153@N04/2954957955

  23. Through our efforts… We can make a difference in stopping hunger!

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