2. Introduction
• Hunger is the world’s top health concern,
killing more people than do AIDS, malaria, and
tuberculosis combined.
• The number of hungry people in the world
exceeds the sum of the populations of the
U.S., Canada, and the European Union.
• A quarter of children born in developing
nations are underweight.
3. • In 2013, the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) estimated that 842 million
people are undernourished (12% of the global
population).
• Malnutrition is a cause of death for more than
3.1 million children.
• 8000 children under the age of 5 are
estimated to die of malnutrition every day.
• Three-quarters of all hungry people live in
rural areas.
4. Organisations Preventing Hunger
• Stop Hunger Now: A non- profit,
international hunger-relief organization that
coordinates the distribution of food and other aid
to crisis areas across the globe.
Their Vision: A world without hunger.
Their Mission: To end hunger in our lifetime by
providing food and life-saving aid to the world's
most vulnerable and by creating a global
commitment to mobilize the necessary resources.
5. • The Hunger Project: A global, non-profit,
strategic organization committed to the
sustainable end of world hunger.
Their Vision: A world where every woman,
man and child leads a healthy, fulfilling life of
self-reliance and dignity.
Their Mission: To end hunger and poverty
with sustainable, grassroots, women-centered
strategies and advocating for their widespread
adoption in countries throughout the world.
6. • Food for the Hungry: A Christian organization
serving the poor globally since 1971. They
reflect the love of Christ in short-
term emergency relief and long-term work to
end world hunger.
• Their Vision: God called and we responded
until physical and spiritual hungers ended
worldwide.
• Their Mission: To walk with churches, leaders
and families in overcoming all forms of human
poverty by living in healthy relationship with
God and His creation.
7. Impact of Hunger
Year 1990/1992 1991/2001 2004/2006 2007/2009 2010/2012
Number
(million) of
undernourished
people
(global)[6]
1,000 919 898 867 868
Percentage of
undernourished
people
(global)[6]
19% 15% 14% 13% 12%
