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![]() The Hunger Crisis.Did you know that hunger kills more people each year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined?1 In fact, hunger is a major factor in the deaths of five million children every year.2 Hunger doesn’t only affect children in developing nations—children in America are hungry too. Recent statistics indicate that 50.2 million Americans live in food insecure households; more than 17 million of them are children.3 The Solution.INTERNATIONAL HUNGER RELIEF projects can reduce malnutrition and stunted growth by providing good nutrition to hungry children. Learn more HUNGER STRIKE FORCE trucks deliver an average of 2 million pounds of food and product each week to food banks across the United States. Learn more FOOD SECURITY efforts like grain banks in Niger are working to establish long-term hunger relief in areas affected by drought and famine. Learn more |
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1World Food Programme. 2UNICEF, Under five deaths by cause, 2006. 3USDA, Household Food Security in the United States, 2009. |
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