A document called 'WORLD HUNGER A Challenge For All: Development in Solidarity'. was prepared with great care by the Pontifical Council 'Cor Unum', upon the request of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. The document follows the path laid down by Christ to His disciples. The person and message of Jesus Christ are, in fact, centred on the manifestation that 'God is love' (1 Jn. 4:8), a love which redeems humanity and saves it from a manifold misery in order to restore all men and women to their full dignity. The themes dealt with are very much of the present day, not only in describing the present situation in the world as far as hunger is concerned, but also the ethical implications of this problem which concerns all who are of good will. 'So widespread is the phenomenon that it brings into question the financial, monetary, production and commercial mechanisms that, resting on various political pressures, support the world economy. These are proving incapable either of remedying the unjust social situations inherited from the past or of dealing with the urgent challenges and ethical demands of the present. By submitting man to tensions created by himself, dilapidating at an accelerated pace material and energy resources, and compromising the geophysical environment, these structures unceasingly make the areas of misery spread, accompanied by anguish, frustration and bitterness...' 'This difficult road of the indispensable transformation of the structures of economic life is one on which it will not be easy to go forward without the intervention of a true conversion of mind, will and heart.
Those who wish for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world are helping to make ending world hunger a major priority... Together we can end hunger.
There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.
"It is important for people to realize that we can make progress against world hunger, that world hunger is not hopeless. The worst enemy is apathy."
The American fast food diet and the meat eating habits of the wealthy around the world support a world food system that diverts food resources from the hungry. A diet higher in whole grains and legumes and lower in beef and other meat is not just healthier for ourselves but also contributes to changing the world system that feeds some people and leaves others hungry. -- Dr.Walden Bello
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrolment, attendance and academic performance. For just pennies a day per child, this program changes lives – and ultimately can impact the futures of poor countries around the world in a profound way.
If you want to eliminate hunger, everybody has to be involved
The first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind. Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world.
If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but at the same time cultivate the fields to produce more bread; otherwise there will be no peace.
"If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority."
The dual scourge of hunger and malnutrition will be truly vanquished not only when granaries are full, but also when people's basic health needs are met and women are given their rightful role in societies.
A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.
Most of our citizenry believes that hunger only affects people who are lazy or people who are just looking for a handout, people who dont' want to work, but, sadly, that is not true. Over one-third of our hungry people are innocent children who are members of households that simply cannot provide enough food or proper nutrition. And to think of the elderly suffering from malnutrition is just too hard for most of us. Unlike Third World nations, in our country the problem is not having too little – it is about not caring enough! Write your elected representatives and promote support for the hungry.-- Erin Brockovich
"There will never cease to be ferment in the world unless people are sure of their food."
When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.
"We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry."
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