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Yet according to the World Food Programme (n.d.), that is the case for one third of Honduras’s population of 8.7 million people. Honduras is the third poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean, as 65.7% of the population live in poverty and 36% live in extreme poverty, with the highest burden on rural poor and indigenous populations. The country is also vulnerable to recurrent natural disasters. Hurricanes and prolonged heavy rains ruin crops and prevent access to food, and prolonged droughts

private business and end-consumers globally are losing money due to this issue, Somali youth are being forced to grow up in a country where piracy is not only an acceptable job, but a prestigious one as well (AEDI 5). The United Nations Development Programme Somalia interviewed and ex-pirate who stated, “After completing secondary education … I had to look for a job, but could not find one. Because of this frustration, I was lured into piracy” (41). This man professes to have desired going about life

World Food Programme Russian Federation Malnutrition in Developing Countries Anger and Loneliness Topic Background: The ever-growing problem of malnutrition plagues our world in the nations that cannot handle such a weight. Malnutrition is a dangerous state where a human is so deprived of the nutrients vital for survival that they are subject to death. The most important factors of malnutrition in countries that may be in a state of development are food insecurity water availability and food quality

Malnutrition is once a person is not getting enough food or not getting the right sort of food, at that stage, deficiency disease is simply round the bend. though individuals get enough to eat, they 're going to become starving if the food they eat does not provide the proper amounts of micronutrients - vitamins and minerals - to satisfy daily nutritional requirements. A malnourished person finds that their body has issue doing normal things like growing and resisting sickness. Physical work becomes

the perspective of food security on a global level. ARS Food Security Research: USDA ARS. (2016) states that food security is defined as when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Food security includes the physical and economic access to food that meets their dietary needs. It has been established that food security is built on three factors, which include; food availability, food access, and food use. Food availability establishes

in Timor-Leste (Community Development Education Activity). In Timor-Leste there are many cases of child and maternal mortality and high malnutrition because mothers lack knowledge about health issues and the benefits of heath intervention (World Food Programme, 2014). Timor-Leste has a higher prevalence of malnourished children than other countries in Asia (OXFAM Australia, 2014). In Timor-Leste children are mainly vulnerable, there are 47% of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition

past decade due to the extreme poverty, heavy storms, and natural disasters that the country has faced. “In 1997 some 1.2 million Haitians didn 't have enough food to eat. A decade later the number had more than doubled. Today, that figure is 6.7 million, that goes without food some days, can 't afford a balanced diet or has limited access to food.”(“Goldberg”) Natural disasters and extreme poverty have played large roles in Haiti’s growing hunger problem. Poverty plays a big role in hunger. Haiti has

However, by purchasing imported food instead of locally-grown food, the prosperity of local farmers becomes undermined. This highlights Haiti’s lack of self-sufficiency as a country. Haiti has become extremely reliant on other countries for it to barely scrape by. In response to the horrific earthquake, the world rallied together and pledged over $4.5 billion in aid to help alleviate Haiti’s troubles. Of the pledged aid

As we look around our world today, we see many of the struggles we face as a nations combined. From the striking pace of global warming to the never-ending reoccurrence of both civil and international wars, there is still one issue that seems to continuously be thrown on the backburner. Whether it be the highly industrialized United States and China or the severely undeveloped areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic of world hunger plagues all countries alike. According to Oxford English Dictionary

us wake up knowing that we will have three meals. We do not worry about how we are going to get food. The only thing we may worry about is if we have the supplies we need to make our homemade meal or if a trip to the store will be needed. Or we may worry if we have time to make a homemade meal or if we should just get some takeout. However, this is not the case with millions of people around the world, and more specifically children. Over 800 million people suffer from malnutrition. It is believed