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Author William Lambers talks about ways to fight global hunger while visiting Burwinkel Farms in Delhi Township.  Some web sites he refers to include www.Wefeedback.org and www.wfp.org which is the home site for the UN World Food Program.

This Sunday, July 10 is the birthday of one of America’s great treasures, the Food for Peace program. President Dwight Eisenhower, or Ike, signed into law what was originally known as Public Law 480 on July 10, 1954.

The idea was to send U.S. surplus food overseas to fight hunger, and what better way to build a peaceful world than to defeat the cause of so much desperation and instability: hunger. Eisenhower said, “food can be a powerful instrument for all the free world in building a durable peace.”

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They are calling it one of the worst droughts in 60 years to strike the Horn of Africa. Food is out of reach for 9 million people in the already impoverished countries of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and parts of Uganda.

Matt Croucher of Save the Children says, “Thousands of children could starve if we don’t get life-saving help to them fast. Parents no longer have any way to feed their children; they’ve lost their animals, their wells have dried up and food is too expensive to afford. We can stop this tragedy unfolding, but we only have half the money we need. We urgently need to raise the rest so we can save more children’s lives.”

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Food prices are skyrocketing in Yemen. Yemeni families are being forced to skip meals or divert money from health care just to afford bread. As the New York Times reported this week, shortages of fuel, water and other basics have placed even more stress on Yemenis.

To make the situation even worse, the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) Yemen mission is facing massive funding shortages. This is an agency that depends entirely on voluntary contributions from governments and the public.

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With hunger fast engulfing the globe, the U.S. cannot withdraw from its role as the leader in facing this crisis which afflicts nearly 1 billion people, but that is just what is happening.

Right now the Congress is proposing significant budget cuts to the Food for Peace and other hunger-fighting programs. Why? Is it to cut the federal deficit? Hunger-fighting programs are relatively inexpensive and even ending them would not make a dent in the debt.

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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced this week it’s been forced to cut food aid to millions of impoverished Afghans.

So while much focus has been on the U.S. withdrawal of troops, what is now occurring is a withdrawal of food aid to a hungry and malnourished population.

Children will be forced to go without meals they receive at school. Food for Work and Food for Training projects, which Afghanistan needs to rebuild, will be stopped. The cuts impact about half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.

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Below is a flyer being distributed at the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Global Hunger Exhibit. Click on the cover to learn about some ways you can take action against hunger.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says that hunger is fast escalating in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East. The UN agency today called for an expansion of its emergency safety net plan for vulnerable populations as “the food security situation is worsening for all Yemenis.”

Of all the turmoil facing Yemen, from Al Qaeda to political unrest, it is hunger which might topple the country.

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When the “silent tsunami” of high food prices struck in 2008, I approached the UN World Food Programme with an idea: Let’s compile a country-by-country report on the crucial safety net protecting children from hunger and poverty — school meals.

The idea was to identify the shortages facing school feeding programs, as many are underfunded and face a barrage of shocks such as food price increases, drought, or even conflict. What has to be done to make sure every child can receive school meals?

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