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Gabby Balbuena

Mr. King

English I

18 October, 2018

Zero Hunger

Globally, one in nine people in the world today (815 million) are undernourished (​Goal

​ his means that there’s a good chance a friend or neighbor could be affected by hunger.
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Hunger has become a major problem that needs to be solved. People have to rethink how they

manage their food because there are others who don’t know where or when their next meal will

come.

Areas that suffer from droughts, flooding, and other natural disadvantages are difficult to

farm. ​The Middle East and North Africa are the world's most water-scarce regions and the

situation is worsening due to the impacts of conflict, climate change and economic downturn

(​Solutions to Water). Also, developing countries don’t have the same resources as first world

countries, making farming and finding food sources a harder task. These hunger problems are

happening locally too. North Carolina has the 8th highest rate of food insecurity in the nation

(​FACTSHEET). ​That means that there are homes that don’t have enough food to serve the entire

household.

It is now time to set goal targets to make sure that hunger issues are no longer a part of

our world. Increasing investments in less developed countries will help raise awareness and bring
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more money to solve this problem. Ending hunger and forms of malnutrition would be the

ultimate goal target to achieve. Ensuring food sources are available for everyone would provide

relief to people who can’t afford their meals. These goals will set a basis for ending world

hunger.

To achieve these goals everyone must get involved. There are already organizations

dedicated to this. ​The UN has created a challenge called the “Zero Hunger Challenge” to get

people involved. Organizations and businesses can become participants in the Zero Hunger

Challenge by making a commitment to take action that will have a quantifiable impact (​Join the

​ lso, The World Food Programme is an organization that delivers food assistance in
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emergencies and works with communities to improve nutrition (​WFP)​. These are just two of the

many organizations that are helping alleviate world hunger..

Doing simple things has an impact. Donating non perishable foods and unspoiled foods to

shelters and hunger relief organizations is always helpful. Also, shopping smart and requesting

smaller portions will save food that would otherwise be thrown away. If there are leftovers,

people should freeze them and eat them another time (​Think.Eat.Save). Doing these little things

will add up and make a big difference. Ending world hunger would be an incredible

accomplishment that will benefit generations to come.

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Citations

Nations, United. “Goal 2: Zero Hunger - United Nations Sustainable Development.” ​United

Nations​, United Nations, ​www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/hunger/​.

Kennedy, Brian. “FACTSHEET: Hunger in North Carolina.” ​FACTSHEET: Hunger in North

Carolina | NC Justice Center​, Nov. 2016,

www.ncjustice.org/budget-and-tax/factsheet-hunger-north-carolina​.

“Solutions to Water Challenges in the Middle East and North Africa Region.” ​Food and

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,​ Aug. 2018,

www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/en/c/1150870/​.

“Join the Challenge | Zero Hunger Challenge.” ​United Nations​, United Nations,

www.un.org/zerohunger/content/join-challenge​.

“Overview.” ​Homepage​, www1.wfp.org/overview.

User, Super. “Various Ways to Save Money and Food.” ​Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Footprint

Campaign,​ 2014,

www.thinkeatsave.org/index.php/take-action/various-ways-to-save-money-and-food​.
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