Posted by Scott Stadum.
A billion is a big number.
Imagine if one out of every seven people you saw on the street weren't just hungry, but starving. That's quite a lot of malnourished friends, family, co-workers, strangers.
For the first time in history
the UN World Food Program reports that there are
over 1 billion hungry people on Earth. World Food Day was on October 16th, but the UN World Food Program, Nonprofit Action Against Hunger and YouTube want to challenge you to continue to raise awareness about this crisis.
If you'd like to get involved and help spread the word, there are a number of things you can do:
watch this video and embed it on your blog;
donate to the World Food Program and tweet about it; join the
WFP Fanpage on Facebook; play the
freerice.com game and for every question you get right, they will donate 10 grains of rice to the UN. For more ideas,
click here and scroll to the bottom.
Much is needed to combat hunger: public and private investments, improved food distribution, increased water efficiency, education in modern agricultural techniques,
less food waste. It starts with education and awareness, so it's encouraging to see a global humanitarian agency, a high profile social media community, and a nonprofit teaming up to say "food security can be achieved and it starts with you."
