22.09.2022
One Person Dying Of Hunger Every 4 Seconds
In an open letter addressing world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, 238 organisations from 75 countries, including Oxfam, Save the Children and Plan International expressed outrage at skyrocketing hunger levels. Pointing out that as many as 19,700 people are estimated to be dying of hunger every day, the NGOs said. The global hunger crisis has been fuelled by a deadly mix of poverty, social injustice, gender inequality, conflict, climate change, and economic shocks, with the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine further driving up food prices and the cost of living. The organisation said in a statement, “A staggering 345 million people are now experiencing acute hunger, a number that has more than doubled since 2019.” They also added, “Despite promises from world leaders to never allow famine again in the 21st century. Famine is once more imminent in the world. Around the world, 50 million people are on the brink of starvation in 45 countries”. The global hunger situation is getting worse every day. The planet generates enough food to feed all 7.5 billion people. Despite this, 1 in 9 individuals experiences hunger on a daily basis. 47 counties would not even achieve Low Hunger status by 2030, according to the Global Hunger Index for 2021. Credit: unicef
Poverty deprives people of adequate education, health care and of life's most basic necessities- safe living conditions (including clean air and clean drinking water) and an adequate food supply. The developed (industrialized) countries today account for roughly 20 percent of the world's population but control about 80 percent of the world's wealth.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
