- Over 900 million people do not have enough food to eat according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. 98% of the world's hungry live in developing countries and 65% live in just 7 countries including India, China, and Ethiopia. - Hunger is the number one risk to health worldwide, greater than diseases like AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Malnutrition impairs development and increases risk of disease and early death. - Hunger has crushing economic impacts on developing nations as malnutrition stunts children's growth and potential lifetime earnings by 5-10%.

1. Hunger Facts According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) news release on 14 September 2010, 925 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union. 98 percent of the world's hungry live in developing countries. 65 percent of the world's hungry live in only seven countries: India, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ethiopia. According to the Community Food Survey conducted by Food for All (local youth group), almost 12000 households in Singapore currently rely on supplementary food rations - dried food packets or cooked meals - in the country. Hunger Effects Number One Risk to Health - Today, almost one person in six does not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life, making hunger and malnutrition the number one risk to health worldwide - greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. As well as the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death. Economic Repercussions - Hunger does not only weigh on the individual. It also imposes a crushing economic burden on the developing world. Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is stunted by hunger and malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 percent in lifetime earnings. Hunger Actions Action Against Hunger (ACF International) - AAH is a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Recognized as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, ACF works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, ACF runs life-saving programs in over 40 countries benefitting some five million people each year. Visit: http://www.actionagainsthunger.org Hunger 500 - Joseph Henry, a Master's of Public Health (MPH) Candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), started a run to raise awareness on hunger and poverty issues. Joseph and his team began a 17-day run on February 9, 2011, starting from the White House in Washington, DC to the 6th Annual Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. World Vision Famine Camp - The 30-Hour Famine is an international, hunger-fighting programme which began in the United States in 1992, and is sponsored by World Vision. The Famine is aimed at empowering young people all over the world to raise funds and heighten public awareness in a collective effort to help eradicate world hunger and poverty.

2. Fatima Adan, a grocer in Kenya, couldn't care for her son, Abdi, once the unprecedented drought hit this year and destroyed her business. "He kept asking me for food, but we had none at home," she said. As a result, he became severely malnourished. Fortunately, Abdi received lifesaving care from Action Against Hunger's nutritionists and recovered rapidly. Now, he can even go back to school. Help children like Abdi survive hunger—and thrive.