4. National Research
The overall national poverty rate
according to the Supplemental Poverty
Measure is 15.3 percent, as compared
with the official poverty rate of 14.8
percent.
One in every seven people in america
struggle with hunger in America.
Organic waste is the second highest
component of landfills in America.
More than twelve million families in
America face hunger.
Over 20 million children receive free or
reduced-price lunch each school day.
Less than half of them get breakfast,
and only 10%have access to summer
meal sites.
“48.1 million Americans lived in food
insecure homes , including 32.8 million
adults and 15.3 million children”
On average, there is 30-45% of produce
wasted in major food-based
companies, such as walmart, Sam’s
Club, and a large variety of others.
“More than 1 million malnourished
children die each year because they
lack the nutrients and treatments they
need”
“11.3% of the world’s population is
hungry. That’s roughly 805 million
people who go undernourished on a
5. Global Research
Poverty is the principal cause of poverty
in nigeria.75% of nigerians live on less
than $1.25 and have families of 4 or
more and are not able to pay for food.
65% of the world feeds on meat while the
other 35% feeds on fruits because of a
huge need for protein and
carbohydrates. Hunger kills more
people each year than AIDS, malaria
and tuberculosis combined.
Almost 1 in every 15 children in
developing countries dies before the
age of 5, most of them from starvation
“It is estimated that over one million
people have fled violence in northern
Nigeria. Action against Hunger
...indicated that nearly 30% of children
are suffering from acute malnutrition.”
Some 795 million people in the world do
not have enough food to lead a healthy
active life. That's about one in nine
people on earth. The vast majority of
the world's hungry people live in
developing countries, where 12.9
percent of the population is
undernourished...
7. Team Project
Decrease the amount
of wasted produce by
distributing produce
for use to programs
that service the
malnourished.
8. Non-Profit Organizations
Lancaster County Council of Churches, Pennsylvania
Foodclique Support Initiative, Nigeria
Womens hunger society{ele jeun ju}, Nigeria
St. Vincent de Paul Society, North Carolina
Catholic Charities, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9. Non-Profit Organizations
Loaves and Fishes Church Program, Missouri
CUMAC- Paterson, New Jersey
Arizona Senior Picker Volunteers, Arizona
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Bellevue, Nebraska
Windsor Food bank, Windsor, Connecticut
Dare to Care, Kentucky
10. ● College Campus/Farmers Markets/Distribute to Homeless Shelters
● Agricultural Community/Seeds Use for Planting/Replanting
● Gathering produce from grocery stores and distributing through the churches
● Orchard Communities/Volunteers pick/distributed to food banks or soup kitchens for use
● Collect from rural parts of Nigeria and distributing to areas of need
● Rural Community/Restaurants/Grocery Stores/Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens
Community Examples
11. Advertisement 1
30 - 45% of produce is
wasted each year.
That’s $165 billion
dollars worth of
produce in the U.S.
alone.
13. Advertisement 3
Now imagine decreasing
the amount of wasted
produce by distributing the
unused fruits and
vegetables for the use in
programs that service the
malnourished.