Yet current calculations show that close to one billion people worldwide continue to go hungry on a daily basis. It now appears all but certain that the hunger target associated with UN Millennium Development Goal no. 1 -- reduction of hunger by half by 2015 -- will not be met.
On reflection, it is a situation that stirs feelings of frustration, indignation, even anger. Most people, if they believed it was within their power to change things, would take action.
The EndingHunger movement grew out of "The 1billionhungry project," a carefully orchestrated drive to attract at least one million signatures to a petition calling on national and international leaders to move hunger to the top of the political agenda. The petition -- still active at www.1billionhungry.org -- has attracted over 3 million signatures to date.
The movement has one major goal: to end hunger in our lifetime.
ENDING HUNGER / THE 1 BILLION HUNGRY PROJECT
Hunger, a quiet crisis, is rarely in the news.
Yet current calculations show that close to one billion people worldwide continue to go hungry on a daily basis. It now appears all but certain that the ...
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