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10 million children die of hunger every year. *
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'There are two classes of people in the world: rich and poor. The rich do not worry about whether they will eat tomorrow. The poor do.'
Father Jon Sobrino Theologian, El Salvador
* NPR/Justice Talking/2006
Hunger:Some Facts and Figures† There has been enough food to feed the entire global population for nearly half a century.† More than 800 million people live with chronic hunger.† Each day 24,000 people die of hunger.† Every 5 seconds a child is lost to her family because malnutrition has rendered her too weak to resist disease.† For US$.16 you can buy a meal for a school child.† The financial cost of ending hunger in the world is relatively modest. The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) estimates that it wouldcost just $13 billion to provide basic nutrition and health for everyone in the world.
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