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Alleviating poverty and
hunger IN this world more than 800 million persons go without food each day. Out of this, more than 700 million are from the developing world while more than 150 million are under 5 years of age. In India, 50 per cent of the world’s hungry live. One of the major causes of hunger is poverty. Like every year, October 16 was observed as World Food Day. Here are a few Websites that provide information on efforts being made to alleviate hunger and poverty. WFP (World Food Programme) is the United Nations frontline agency combating global hunger. It claims to be the world’s largest humanitarian agency. Complete information about the operations being carried to fight hunger is given here. Information about appeals for emergency food aid in response to the Iraq crisis is given on site. Objectives of WFP, its itinerary and a list of the countries where it is carrying out relief work is available. The session and event calendar is also listed. Those interested can make online donations. Photo and video gallery is hyper linked to this site that is available in different international languages. This is the official
Website of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), a subsidiary of
the United Nations. A well-done
site that advocates a number of issues, especially those related to
alleviation of poverty and hunger. The site contains information about
the programmes being carried out to unite diverse groups in a bid to end
hunger. A list of international partners is available and the site also
offers students and academics free or low cost access to scientific
literature. Information related to jobs that are available with the FAO
is also given.
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