If food was evenly distributed, each human being would have plenty to eat.

• Hunger and poverty claim 25,000 lives every day

           Source: FAO

• 852 million people do not have enough to eat
  Source: FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003

• One of the United Nations’ eight Millennium Goals is halving the proportion of the world’s population that is hungry
  
  
  Hunger & malnutrition are the number one risk to global health killing more than AIDS, malaria & tuberculosis combined

          Source: WHO-World Health Report 2002 - WHO 2003

• Every five seconds a child dies because she or he is hungry
  Source: FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2003

• There are 11 million AIDS orphans in Africa. Most never learnt how their parents grew and prepared food
  Source: UNICEF's Africa's Orphaned Generations (Nov 2003) - WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003

• Women often are more vulnerable to nutritional problems because of their lower social and economic status, as well as their physiological needs. Gender equality and food security can contribute significantly to efforts to improve the nutrition and health status of women, men and children. Improving women's knowledge of nutrition and food safety can prevent illnesses, disabilities and premature deaths. Further, women who enjoy good health are better able to contribute to economic development.
  Source: FAO

• 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water, this is roughly one sixth of the world’s population
  Source: WaterAid

• 2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation.
  Source: WaterAid

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A Therapeutic Feeding Centre: Democratic Republic of Congo

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