NATIONAL HUNGER

WHAT IS POVERTY

POVERTY IN THE USA

• In 2012, 46.5 million people (15.0 percent) were in poverty.
• In 2012, 26.5 million (13.7 percent) of people ages 18-64 were in poverty.
• In 2012, 16.1 million (21.8 percent) children under the age of 18 were in poverty.
• In 2012, 3.9 million (9.1 percent) seniors 65 and older were in poverty.
• The overall poverty rate according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure is 16.1%, as compared with the official poverty rate of 15.1%

POVERTY WORLDWIDE

• More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.Source 2
• The poorest 40 percent of the world’s population accounts for 5 percent of global income. The richest 20 percent accounts for three-quarters of world income.
• At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.
• http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats

HUNGER IN THE USA

• 1 in 6 people in America face hunger.
• 50.1 million Americans struggle to put food on the table.
• For every 100 school lunch programs, there are only 87 breakfast sites and just 36 summer food programs.
• These seven states have statistically higher food insecurity rates than the US national average (14.7%): Mississippi (19.2%) Texas (18.5%) Arkansas (19.2%) Alabama (17.4%) Georgia (17.4%) Florida (16.2%) North Carolina (17.1%)
• https://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-hunger-us

HUNGER WORLDWIDE

• In 2010, an estimated 7.6 million children — more than 20,000 a day — died from hunger.
• While hunger exists worldwide, 62.4 percent of the hunger exists in Asia/South Pacific. .

The difference between hunger and malnutrition is that malnutrition means the body does not have the necessary vitamins and nutrients necessary to grow or fight off disease. In developing countries where sanitation is poor, lack of nutrition only makes children and adults more vulnerable to illness.

ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP!!!

FEEDING AMERICA (USA ONLY)

• They formed the meals on wheels orginizationn
• Its where they bring meals to meal insecure people
• They have virtual food drives
• Virtual food drives raises awareness and donates to local food drives

STOP HUNGER NOW (WORLDWIDE)

• 65 countries have been served
• 147,092,095 total meals have been packaged
• 709,794 packaged this week