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Blog entry 5 Things You Should Know About Hunger

10 May 2011

While playing Freerice, if you didn't know, for every correct answer you choose 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Programme to feed the world's hungry.

Raising rice is one way to help, but telling your friends and family about the problem, and raising awareness is also very important if we are to achieve broad-reaching and long term solutions. Here are 5 facts about hunger that you and absolutely everyone should know:

1. At present, there are 925 million people in the world who do not eat enough to be healthy. That means, one in every seven people on Earth goes to bed hungry each night.
See where the world's hungry are on the WFP Hunger Map

2. Rising food prices pushed an additional 44 million people into hunger between June 2010 and February 2011 when they soared to their highest level ever.
Find our more: Rising Food Prices - 10 Questions Answered

3. While the number of hungry people has risen, as a percentage of the world population, hunger has actually fallen from 33 per cent of the population in 1969 to just over 15 per cent of the population in 2010.

4. Well over half of the world’s hungry people–some 578 million people–live in Asia and the Pacific region. Africa accounts for just over one quarter of the world’s hungry population.

5. Hunger is number one on the list of the world’s top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

These facts are taken from the WFP's "10 Things Everyone Should Know About Hunger" Wfp.org/stories/10-hunger-facts

Freerice is maintained by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organisation fighting hunger worldwide. To find out more go to WFP.org

Commentaires
Wed, 06/08/2011 - 19:21 iloverice14

Found out about this awhile ago, but just started today. Already have over 1,500 grains in about half an hour! This is such a great organization, an so simple. I've started planning a project to raise awareness about it. LOVE LOVE LOVE :)

Tue, 06/07/2011 - 18:27 aidensmith

ya geez, properr grammmer iss, so immprtant?

Sun, 06/05/2011 - 20:04 Wolf Lily

My Library has a ummer reading prgram for older kids and part of it is a game card. There are many different activities on this card and one is donate 4,000 grains of rice to the hungry using freerice.com and I think it was an amazing idea that will help kids realize that there are other kids going hungry.

Sat, 06/04/2011 - 06:43 haxorcat

Great way for me to not do work.

Fri, 06/03/2011 - 21:54 E3MEDIACENTER

Please,if you are going to comment on this, show that you have proper grammar.

Thu, 06/02/2011 - 19:31 monkeybutt1996

Wow, this is an eye-opener. It truly is. We forget how lucky we are. Thanking the Lord for people who do this a lot!! :)

Wed, 06/01/2011 - 02:43 david johnston

I JUST GOT 2000 GRANS OF RICE WORKING ON 5000 TONIGHT.

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 21:57 MrsTamaya853

I`m glad we are helping them

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 17:45 Evelyn Ngwe Veryblunt Tita

That is sad to know when we eat and even throw some.

Mon, 05/30/2011 - 04:05 erosew123

I just discovered freerice.com a few days ago, and i can't wait to help. i posted a link to the website on facebook and talked about it, and already some of my friends have played! i don't see this as a one time thing though (play the game once and be done with it)...i am going to make sure to play every single day, because the thought of my rice being given to hungry people...i feel like i am making a difference.

Sun, 05/29/2011 - 23:40 Bookiepoo

Wow! I didn't know that many people were hungry in this world, Sad. Glad that I'm apart of Freerice now :)

Tue, 05/24/2011 - 21:34 disney911

I would like to say that freerice.com is a very good thing that started because many people might not have to go and give people food and this a very good way that everyone can help out by just even giving 100 to 200 everyday.

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 14:45 Kyle Wong

Like Superman, we can save the world! Only we're Foodman! Or something like that!

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 19:39 danimichelle

I am a very busy person with school and work but I make time to sit down and donate at least 100 grains each day I am able every grain counts toward ending hunger.

Tue, 05/17/2011 - 06:17 manuel 1

lets go guys we can save the world

Sun, 05/15/2011 - 01:16 pitcher12k

This is great stuff! I am going to repost this and spread the word! Plus, FreeRice.com is such an amazing website, the work that has been done with assistance from here is so great! Keep it up everyone who is involved in changing this world to be a better place!

Sun, 05/15/2011 - 00:26 bubbles2

So sad. Come on people, help!!!

Sat, 05/14/2011 - 19:28 Jeremiah Jean-Paul

if we can stop world hunger than there is nothing we cant do eventually we can cause world peace and make the world a better place one step at a time join Christians Fighting World Hunger and we can do this to gether

Sat, 05/14/2011 - 13:23 Cy45Con64

Everybody join my group then we can help those 1 out of 7 people
overcome HORRIBLE STARVATION!!! :D

Fri, 05/13/2011 - 01:26 iovebieber

come on people lets end world hunger!!! never say never! will never say never to edning world hunger! we will acomplish our goal and end world hungger.!!!

Fri, 05/13/2011 - 01:25 iovebieber

come on people lets end world hunger! never say never! will never say neevr to world hunger! we will acomplish our goal.!!!!

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 02:48 Camille92

That is bad!! U ppl help me earn rice on my group Hanh in hand toghether we stand so we can stop this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 05/11/2011 - 03:14 green_g

Interesting,no doubt.

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