Did you know that?

• 862 million people across the world are hungry, up from 852 million a year ago.

• Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds.

• In essence, hunger is the most extreme form of poverty, where individuals or families cannot afford to meet their most basic need for food.

• Hunger manifests itself in many ways other than starvation and famine. Most poor people who
battle hunger deal with chronic undernourishment and vitamin or mineral deficiencies, which
result in stunted growth, weakness and heightened susceptibility to illness.

• Countries in which a large portion of the population battles hunger daily are usually poor and
often lack the social safety nets. When a family that lives in a poor country cannot grow enough
food or earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere to turn for help.