The document discusses the Millennium Development Goals related to ending poverty and hunger. It provides statistics on the number of people living in poverty or struggling with hunger worldwide, including more than 1 billion people living on less than $1 per day. Children are particularly affected, with over 140 million underweight children in developing regions. The document also examines poverty and hunger issues in Saskatchewan and identifies steps that can be taken to help reduce hunger, such as increasing emergency food aid and donations to organizations supporting food security.

1. Millennium Development Goals Goal 1: End Poverty and Hunger

2. Target 1: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day. More than 1/3 of our world is affected by poverty About 800 million people go to bed hungry 2.7 billion people in the world struggle to survive with only 2$ a day More than 1 billion people in the world live on less than 1$ a day

3. Proportion of employed people living below 1$ a day 0.1% of developed regions 20.4% of developing regions The ‘working poor’ employed persons living in a household where each member earn less than 1$ a day

4. Target 2: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people. Poverty can’t be reduced without full and productive employment and decent work for all High percentages in developing countries indicate that a large number of poor people have to work harder, despite the quality of the job Many women, in regions like Northern Africa or Western Asia, would love to work, if it were acceptable

5. About 25 000 people die each day from hunger, or hunger-related causes. Most of them, are children 26% of children under the age of five in developing regions are underweight However, the number of children in these countries who are underweight, still exceed 140 million Almost 50% of children are underweight in Southern Asia Children living in rural areas in developing countries are 2x more likely to be underweight or malnourished, than those living in urban areas

6. Target 3: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Worldwide increase in food prices affect the progress in reducing hunger Escalating prices are driven by rising demand due to changing diets, economic growth, expanding world population, urbanization, use of food crops for bio fuel, inappropriate agricultural policies etc. The poor are most affected Those who are too poor to buy sufficient food, fall victim to severe hunger and malnutrition Urgent intervention are needed to address immediate food shortages for the many people facing hunger and malnutrition

7. Poverty in Saskatchewan 19.9% of children under 18 live in families with incomes below the low-income-cut-off line 29.8% of poor children live in families in which at least one family member works full time and full year According to Hunger Count 2005, use of food banks is on the rise Average monthly food requests in Saskatoon jumped by 36.5% In 2002, 28% of 46 000 people living in poverty, are children

8. What can we do? Conference on World Food Security identified many steps to reduce hunger increase emergency food aid Assist the poor in obtaining the maximum yield from next season’s crops Donate 1$ a day or more to organizations like WFP, FreeRice, Development and Peace, ServingOurWorld Go to your local food bank, and give back to your community “22 countries have joined together to try to raise enough money to end world hunger completely by each contributing 0.7% of their national income. Some of the countries have already met this goal. Others haven’t come that far yet.” Freerice.org