Over 800 million people in the world are suffering from hunger. There are many people in the world who struggle to feed their families. This is obviously a problem because no one wants others to starve. Starvation and malnourishment can’t continue, and we as people who have more than enough, are the ones who need to stop it. This won’t happen all overnight of course. We need to explore the problems of world hunger and fix them one by one. Food is a human need as well as a right, and no one wants to go through hunger.
To begin I should say that, if we can’t stop hunger from being a problem, then the number of people dying will raise by the millions. Hunger is a basic need in the physiological section in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. In fact it’s the first and most important need on the list. As stated previously, 800 million people are malnourished, and are dying. These problems either came from us not caring about others in the world, or just not knowing about these issues. Now millions of people with families are dying, because they have no access to food. Not doing anything would only make these numbers grow. If that isn’t sad enough, more than a third of child deaths is from starvation, so imagine your children or future children dying from hunger, and in pain. It's almost too sad to think about isn't it?
Next, if we are able to feed the people that can’t feed themselves then, millions of people in the world will be able to live on. Malnutrition is a high cause of maternal mortality, and child deaths so fixing that would allow millions of people to survive. We would be heroes to those who need to be saving even if we can’t help them all, but it should be our moral obligation to help others. Helping solve world hunger could also help poverty because no one would be spending all their money on food, and more people could focus on getting jobs or promotions. In this way we are hitting two birds with one stone.
Lastly, in order to help with ending world hunger then we have to do something about it. A way we could try to help is by, donating to organizations that send food to places that need it most. Another example is by helping give access to education where schools pay for lunch as well as teach children. This way could solve both Millennium Development Goals 1&2 where we are trying to solve problems with primary education and hunger issues. My final examples are to start urban farming programs to help make more food in places that need it, and reducing how much food we eat in the U.S. and give to those in need. Since there are large amounts of people who can’t get food in urban environments, we should help address the hungry in cities.
We seriously need to help the hungry people in the world. It is an actual need for the human body. Everybody has been a situation where they're hungry, and maybe even brought to the point of tears. There are people who go through that every day. Depriving food from people who need food is inhuman and just plain selfish. How would you feel if you or someone you know is fighting for food every day?
Works Cited
- “2015 World Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics.”World Hunger Education Service. 24 March, 2015.http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm
- Zachary Patterson.”10 Ways to stop world hunger”.The Borgen Project.2 Oct. 2013.12 Sept. 2015.borgenproject.org/10-ways-stop-world-hunger
