EVERY DAY, around 18,000 Children Die from Starvation!

[Me4You 0]

EVERY DAY, around 18,000 Children Die from Starvation!

♦ These Children don't know that we can help them, they just die!

♦ Once you have helped yourself in life, help others.

In the 21st Century.... Some mothers choose what their children will eat...

...Others choose which children will eat and which will die!

►►► BEGIN to help... by.... CLICKING BELOW TO DONATE FOOD FOR FREE!

1) Join this group!

2) Click on "Invite People to Join" from the menu on the right

3) Select ALL your friends.

4) Click on "Send invitation" & through a Chain Reaction you will influence more free donations to the Hungry!

5) Click on the Free Food Links below to donate food!

How? When you click on the sites, the site displays ads from their sponsors. Advertising money then goes to fund programs that give food to the hungry!

|________________ FREE FOOD DONATION CLICKS ____________________|

=Staple Foods=

** http://www.freerice.com - Free Rice

** http://www.freeflour.com - Free Bread

=Free Water=

*** http://www.freepoverty.com - Lots of free water!

** http://www.helpthirst.com - Free water

=Free Meals=

*** http://www.bhook.com - Just Click!

*** http://www.pajacyk.pl - Click the green button!

*** http://www.ripple.org/give.php?p=food - Just Click!

*** http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosChicos.N...dex_english.htm - Click the blue button!

*** http://www.feedsa.com - Click the white button!

*** http://www.hungerfighters.com - Click the green box!

*** http://www.povertyfighters.com/ - Click the blue box!

*** http://www.thehungersite.com - Click the yellow box!

*** http://www.okruszek.org.pl - Click the Bread button!

*** http://www.chintai.net/contribution/index.html - Click the blue box!

*** http://www.kct-uk.org/click - Just visit the site!

*** http://www.straatkind.nl/ - Click on the small red ball.

*** http://www.worldhunger.org/contributefood.htm - Just click!

Help the kids:

** http://children.care2.com - Click the blue box!

** http://www.hungrychildren.com - Click the blue button!

Causes change monthly:

** http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2335 - Click the red button!

Others:

* http://www.definition-of.com - Submit a word

** http://www.spendu.org/beta/index.php - German Rice Game!

[[ CLICK RATINGS: *** = excellent **= good *= could be easier? ]]

_________________________WANT TO KNOW MORE ?_________________

World Hunger: World Interactive Map - Where is World Hunger?

http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_ma.../map_popup.html

World Hunger: A Study of families - How much do you eat?

http://worldfoodinequality.googlepages.com/

[Imua 0]

It is good to alleviate current suffering by helping to feed hungry people but sadly a lot of aid organizations do nothing to alleviate future suffering by promoting family planning, often because of religious motivation. The countries where there is the most food shortage tend to be the countries where women are expected to have 4-5 children and up. Foreign aid organizations have been helping poor countries for 30-40 years and still the cycle of poverty continues. One way of improving a country's standard of living is by educating women and raising their status in society, also preventing rape and coercion so they are not forced to have children they cannot feed.

[Sylvia_n_Joseph 3]

Every link I checked out was a non registered group which means the chances of them helping anyone are slim. Personally I stay with the ones that are registered so there is accountability of where my money is going. I also send things to childern in Nigeria that need help. From some of the pictures that are posted in those sites the kids look more like middle class than in need.

[Reba 2]

It is good to alleviate current suffering by helping to feed hungry people but sadly a lot of aid organizations do nothing to alleviate future suffering by promoting family planning, often because of religious motivation. The countries where there is the most food shortage tend to be the countries where women are expected to have 4-5 children and up. Foreign aid organizations have been helping poor countries for 30-40 years and still the cycle of poverty continues. One way of improving a country's standard of living is by educating women and raising their status in society, also preventing rape and coercion so they are not forced to have children they cannot feed.

http://www.equalitynow.org/

[mawilson 2,133]

Every day, 18,000 children die from starvation, while another $28,000 children

are born into poverty, giving us a net positive boost in hungry and poor children.

[natty bumppo 297]

donate more $$$$ to prevent these births ... that will help stop the hunger

[mawilson 2,133]

donate more $$$$ to prevent these births ... that will help stop the hunger

[Me4You 0]

Scarcity vs. Distribution

Some confusion exists regarding the relationship of scarcity and distribution to the causes of hunger. This section will explain (1) why scarcity is a critical issue for global food security, (2) how scarcity is intensified by animal agriculture, and (3) the ways in which scarcity and distribution are connected.

Summary of the Debate

While some organizations, like the Worldwatch Institute and Earth Policy Institute, are concerned with the availability of future food supplies, others believe the issue is distribution, not scarcity. They assert that there is sufficient food to feed the world and that the issue is redistribution* (or economic development) so that everyone receives enough of the available resources.

When phrased this way, it appears to be an either/or situation--either scarcity or distribution causes hunger. This section will explain why both matter and will detail (1) why scarcity is a critical issue for global food security, (2) how scarcity is intensified by animal agriculture, and (3) the ways in which scarcity and distribution are connected.

Why Scarcity is a Critical Issue for Global Food Security

At the global level, there is currently enough food available to feed the world's population, so the problem appears to be distribution, not scarcity. But we do not have a food surplus as many believe. For years we have consumed more food than we produce, decreasing our national grain reserves (Worldwatch).

Producing enough food for the global population is not only a current concern, but one which will become increasingly complex and difficult for the following reasons:

* Increases in global population

* Increases in meat and dairy consumption (which consume more resources)

* Decreases in arable land, potable water and related environmental resources

Meeting the increased demand for food due to population increases is a concern in itself, but the impact is much greater than just feeding more people.

The impact of current trends on food security are increased exponentially because most of the population growth is happening in the low- and middle-income countries, where per capita meat and dairy consumption is also on the rise. Thus, we have an already large starting population, with a high population growth rate, who are eating more resource-intensive animal products.

How Scarcity is Intensified by Animal Agriculture

During the middle and late 1900s , an animal-centered, Western-style diet was consumed by only a small percentage of the global population (predominantly in the US and Western Europe), while most of the world consumed a plant-centered diet, in many cases using meat and dairy only as condiments. We were able to meet the demand for food because relatively few people ate animal-centered diets.

Animals are inefficient converters of food resources (i.e., they consume much more food than they produce and they use much greater quantities of environmental resources). As more people consume more animal products, global food and environmental resources will be pushed beyond the Earth's capacity. These problems are exacerbated by decreases in arable land, scarcity of potable water, and environmental pollution more generally.

While many experts recognize the impending food scarcity caused by increased meat and dairy consumption, most stop short of seeking a reduction. The International Food Policy Research Institute in conjunction with the FAO and International Livestock Research Institute issued the report Livestock to 2020 (see Resources section). This report warns that the global meat demand will double by the year 2020. They assert that one of the most pressing issues in global food security will be our ability to meet the increasing demand for food, especially food of animal origin stemming from the increasingly populous and financially improving developing world. Specifically they state:

The demand-driven Livestock Revolution is one of the largest structural shifts to ever affect food markets in developing countries and how it is handled is crucial for future growth prospects in developing country agriculture, for food security and the livelihoods of the rural poor, and for environmental sustainability (4).

Like many others, however, instead of calling for policies to reduce meat consumption, they assert that meat consumption is demand-driven, and that we should focus on how to best meet the increasing demand.

t is unwise to think that the Livestock Revolution will somehow go away in response to moral suasion by well-meaning development partners. It is a structural phenomenon that is here to stay. How bad or how good it will be for the populations of developing countries is intricately bound up with how countries choose to approach the Livestock Revolution (65).

To meet increased global food and meat demand, advocates such as IFPRI promote population control (to reduce numbers) and biotechnology (to increase output), but they do not promote eating lower on the "food chain" because they take it as a demand-driven "given."

WFW argues against this logic. While meat consumption may be demand-driven in an economic sense, the demand is socially-constructed and can be redirected with targeted government policies and education campaigns. We advocate a move in this direction. We advocate reducing meat and dairy consumption within the industrialized world and not promoting it elsewhere.

Reducing meat consumption is not a panacea, but it is a critical and common sense component of a sustainable food system.

The Ways in which Scarcity and Distribution are Connected

Scarcity and distribution are related concerns. Scarcity not only matters as an issue on its own, it also increases disparities in distribution, negating the distribution-not-scarcity model.

As supplies decrease, prices increase and those with financial resources bid food away from the poor. This happens with primary foods (the wealthy eat first), and this happens with the consumption of so-called "luxury" foods, such as resource-intensive meat and dairy. Grain, soy and other commodities are fed to animals to produce meat for the industrialized world, while the hungry lack the financial means to compete.

Even in times of famine, some countries export grain to be used as animal feed. Increased food supply allows for more equitable distribution. Conversely, decreased supply increases problems with distribution, even while sufficient food technically exists. Increased animal agriculture, thus, exacerbates both scarcity and distribution. This is especially true of the intensive animal agriculture, which dominates global meat production. (The distinctions between intensive and small-scale subsistence farming will be drawn out in future sections.)

*Varying Definitions: What is Distribution?

Some organizations vary in their definition of distribution. The Hunger Project, for example, when asked in the FAQ section of their website:

Isn't hunger just a question of distribution?

They reply:

No. Almost every location on earth can produce enough food for its population. Even Bangladesh is self-sufficient in food production. The challenge is that people cannot earn enough to buy the food that is available.

The Hunger Project defines distribution as having sufficient resources within a specific geographic region. Distribution, however, should be concerned with distribution to individuals.

As such, The Hunger Project example would still be a problem of distribution, just within a specified geographic region. Likewise, the issue of poverty or having enough money to purchase the food does not negate the issue of distribution or the impacts of scarcity. Prioritizing economic ability to pay over an individual's need is a value judgment, which results in maldistribution.

[sara..... 371]

when living over seas in pakistan, india and a few other countries we saw so much starvation of the children, it is hard to even visualize the enormous problems in the countries, usa gives much to countries to help starvation but in the end it is up to the government of each country how they spend it how they help their own peoples.

if the country is more about trying to secure their borders of course not much goes to the children, when all countries stop the fighting on then can any help truley be given to the poor starving children.

sara

[peejay 327]

The beat goes on. If you can't feed 'em...don't breed 'em. Sad, but so true. Nature trumps the folly of man. Always has, always will.

As of January 2009, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. According to population projections, this figure continues to grow; the 2008 rate of growth has almost halved since its peak of 2.2% per year, which was reached in 1963. World births have levelled off at about 134 million per year since the mid 1990's, and are expected to remain constant. However, deaths are only around 56 million per year, and are expected to increase to 90 million by the year 2050. Since births outnumber deaths, the world's population is expected to reach nearly 9 billion by the year 2042.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population

http://www.susps.org/overview/numbers.html

[Peikko 1,575]

Charles already provided the solution - polyandry.

[HAL 9000 96]

Charles already provided the solution - polyandry.

Or simply not give a hoot about other people's suffering. I mean, why should some people budge and act humane when they can be perfectly selfish on their own?

[peejay 327]

Charles already provided the solution - polyandry.

Or simply not give a hoot about other people's suffering. I mean, why should some people budge and act humane when they can be perfectly selfish on their own?

Do humanity a favor, volunteer for Soylent Green.

[HAL 9000 96]

Charles already provided the solution - polyandry.

Or simply not give a hoot about other people's suffering. I mean, why should some people budge and act humane when they can be perfectly selfish on their own?

Do humanity a favor, volunteer for Soylent Green.

Do yourself a favor and stop confirming yourself.

Besides, old ones go there first. Even the bitter ones like you.

[peejay 327]

Charles already provided the solution - polyandry.

Or simply not give a hoot about other people's suffering. I mean, why should some people budge and act humane when they can be perfectly selfish on their own?

Do humanity a favor, volunteer for Soylent Green.

Do yourself a favor and stop confirming yourself.

Besides, old ones go there first. Even the bitter ones like you.

Then I wouldn't be a good candidate since I'm hard and bitter. Sweeties and softies like you make much better Soylent Green.

Edited January 17, 2009 by peejay