The charity No Kid Hungry is calling out to bloggers to join them in fighting hunger. The advocacy group needs the help of writers to advance the cause of ending child hunger.
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How the NYC Marathon can feed millions of children
There are 50,000 runners and 2 million spectators in this Sunday’s New York City Marathon. If around half of those have a smartphone and use the Charity Miles app they can feed millions of hungry children.
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Seattle Chocolates to help Feeding America
The Seattle Chocolates company is starting a holiday plan to help Feeding America. The Chocolate Gives campaign will donate a portion of sales proceeds to some of Feeding America’s largest food banks around the country.
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How Boston can fight hunger with chocolate
Lots of candy will be purchased from Halloween through the holidays. Imagine if every purchase could help a person in need. That is what the Seattle Chocolate Company is doing with its Chocolate Gives Campaign.
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Hunger Games film can revive WWI era fundraiser
The opening of the new Hunger Games film offers a unique opportunity. The movie series, which is produced by LionsGate Films, has previously teamed with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Feeding America. WFP is the largest organization fighting world hunger while Feeding America is this nation’s food aid network.
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School meals give hope in South Sudan
A generation of children in South Sudan are growing up in hunger and without education. There is hope for some children with school feeding provided by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
So far this year, WFP has fed about 192,000 children in South Sudan with meals in schools that are still open. When WFP sees an area where hunger rates are high, they set up school feeding to help. It’s a food for education initiative.
If you can feed children at school, that encourages parents to send their children. The promise of a free meal at school means everything in area where hunger and poverty are so high. School meals are considered a safety net for the poor.
Around 20,000 school girls are receiving take-home rations as well. This improves school attendance rates among girls, which are historically lower.
Overall, the school feeding is an effective way to feed children and allow them to stay in school. This keeps the children safe from recruitment into armed forces and other dangers.
WFP relies on voluntary donations to keep school feeding and other food programs operating. They need donations more than ever in areas struck by conflict like South Sudan.
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Disputed African region faces hunger emergency
A generation of children in South Sudan are growing up in hunger and without education. There is hope for some children with school feeding provided by the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
So far this year, WFP has fed about 192,000 children in South Sudan with meals in schools that are still open. When WFP sees an area where hunger rates are high, they set up school feeding to help. It’s a food for education initiative.
If you can feed children at school, that encourages parents to send their children. The promise of a free meal at school means everything in area where hunger and poverty are so high. School meals are considered a safety net for the poor.
Around 20,000 school girls are receiving take-home rations as well. This improves school attendance rates among girls, which are historically lower.
Overall, the school feeding is an effective way to feed children and allow them to stay in school. This keeps the children safe from recruitment into armed forces and other dangers.
WFP relies on voluntary donations to keep school feeding and other food programs operating. They need donations more than ever in areas struck by conflict like South Sudan.
Read the full article at Examiner.
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UNICEF supports nutrition plan for Ebola patients
UNICEF is carrying out a nutrition program to boost the health of children threatened by the Ebola virus. In Sierra Leone, the Ebola has claimed over 1,000 lives and is spreading throughout the West African nation.
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Communication saves lives during Iraq crisis
As millions of people are displaced and suffering in war-torn Iraq, humanitarian aid groups need to communicate quickly. Lives depend on the fast movement of aid to the right areas
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Halloween event seeks to scare off hunger
According to Feeding America, Spokane county’s rate of hunger is 15.4 percent. The child hunger rate exceed 22 percent. Food assistance is needed to give families that safety net as they struggle to escape poverty.
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