Children In Colombia

The St. Francis Xavier Secondary School DECA Chapter advocated and fundraised for the leading cause for over 3 million child deaths annually: malnutrition. The campaign, entitled “Mission4Malnutrition (M4M)”, is a not-for-profit campaign which is dedicated to eliminating hunger within impoverished communities internationally. It strives to bring awareness to malnutrition, which can be defined as “the lack of sufficient nutrients which are normally obtained through food.” There are countless consequences of malnourishment, including deteriorating immunity, susceptibility to rare illnesses, as well as the physical inability to attend school. In order to eradicate malnutrition as well as its detrimental effects, M4M has partnered with two charities: Sharelife Canada and ACF International.

There was also a BBC news report about Daniel Pelka, a four-year-old child who had been beaten and starved for months by his parents before his death in March 2012. He had not learned English, as it was not his first language so this lack of language and low confidence made it almost impossible for him to confess the suffering he had gone through. This shows that children need to be nurtured well and be given a variety of foods in order to have a balanced diet. Children should also be given a good education and extra help if needed, as this will help their intellectual development.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports 16.7 million children under the age of eighteen live in a household where consistent access to adequate amounts of nutritious food for a healthy life is not obtainable. This is called food insecurity. Although this is harmful to any individual, it has major implications for children. Nutrition establishes

A current problem in Haiti that Free The Children is focusing on is education. Following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed Haiti on January 12th, 2010; hundreds of school buildings were destroyed and the education system was left wrecked. This is affecting society because currently Haiti’s literacy rate is 62% and only less than half of the country’s children attend school. About 37% of students actually reach the sixth grade out of the 60% of the students that enroll. Free The Children is currently working in an area where 90% of the schools built are built by community-based, non-governmental, and/or religious organizations that are trying to rebuild the education system.

It was difficult to read that countless millions of federal dollars and many of our country's most successful efforts to halt the spread of childhood hunger and starvation have recently been withdrawn. And as a result, this problem of childhood hunger is not getting better but is actually getting worse. The most recent estimates compiled by the USDA in 1999 indicate that 36.2 million Americans live in food-insecure households, which means that their access to adequate and safe food is limited or uncertain. This too is very disturbing information.

The Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research conducted a study using data gathered from 46 developing countries to examine child poverty. The results found over a third of children lived in absolute poverty or in homes of more than five people.134 million 7-18 year olds lack basic education and over 375 million drink unsafe water. Civil war added to all of this makes for a hard existence  (Newbold et al.,

Many people do not realize that hunger and malnutrition is a problem that many Americans face on a daily basis. Maybe, we are failing to realize that our country is not perfect, but if we don’t try to do anything then more and more children will die. The problem with child hunger is that the United States may not face as dramatic problems with hunger as that of other countries, but

"Caiman Haiti Foundation has recently received a grant from Thorndyke Elementary School in Washington. This contribution will allow CHF to feed over 600 children this year on the 3rd anniversary of our Feed the People program. This act of kindness will make a great difference in the lives of hundreds of women and children in Haiti. To support Caiman Haiti Foundation as Thorndyke Elementary School has please visit our Donation Page."

Have you ever thought about what it is like to be constantly hungry as a result of not having access to adequate food? For some people in the world this is a reality. In my interview with Melinda Vonderhorst she recounts her personal observations from her five trips to Haiti, where she helped to build a school along with working in an orphanage and clinic, of countless children

Most people in the United States today are unaware of the increasing numbers of child hunger throughout the country. Today, a staggering one in five kids struggle with hunger in our own country (Francisco 18). Not only does it affect their concentration and grades in school, but also their overall health. Over 1.02 billion people in the world are considered to be malnourished, and hunger and malnutrition is the leading cause of child deaths, which accounts for 6 million children each year (Nah and Chau). When most people think of children and families going hungry, they think that it is just a problem in other countries. However, there is an increasing amount of children and their families in North Carolina

Within the United States, in 2014 we had 1 out of 7 children born into poverty (C., 2016). That is an outstanding amount of children starting life out with a disadvantage. Statistics show that the U.S. has higher poverty rates than other developed countries (O., 2014). When a child is born into poverty, they are faced with many challenges that people are not very cognizant of. Children living in poverty usually have trouble accessing proper healthcare, education, and nutrition. These simple things are taken for granted by most people, but all have a close relation to one’s wellbeing. When child’s health is poor and they are lacking adequate nutrition, they are more than likely going to struggle in school and potentially drop out. All in all, telling us at Uber that food insecurity is a serious problem that we plan on improving, starting in Dallas, TX.

A large problem of childhood poverty is malnutrition. Since these children are growing up in poverty, many of the parents have a hard time supplying food for their kids. Surprisingly, there

Shakira is more than a gifted Columbian singer and songwriter she is also a philanthropist, determined to give children a brighter future. By the age of eight, Shakira had decided she would succeed as a professional musician; in addition, she vowed to use her fame and money to help children. In her hometown of Barranquilla, Columbia she saw countless children struggle in poverty consequently; at 18 she released Pies Descalzos (“Barefoot”), her breakthrough album in Latin America. As her fame grew, Shakira started the Pies Descalzos Foundation to provide education for poor children. Because violence and conflict have long plagued Columbia; many families have lost their stable communities. Today, Pies Descalzos sponsors six schools throughout

Violence seems to be a nationwide phenomenon. Almost all aspects of the Colombian population experience some degree of violence. Almost everybody is a potential victim; violence does not prefer a particular socioeconomic class, profession, race, or

Domestic efforts within the United States were the original initiative of the foundation before it became a multi-national contributor. The main focus of this initiative is to improve school systems within the nation. They feel that “as a nation, we are failing to ensure that all our young people reach