Hunger articles

  • Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Aims to Combat Hunger Across the United States

    Each year, on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers nationwide embark on their routes with a special mission – to collect donations of non-perishable food items to support local food pantries. This initiative, known as the National Association of Letter Carriers’ (NALC) Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, has been making a significant impact since […]

  • Fight the rising tide of hunger

    With food insecurity worsening, the Sustainable Development Goal of zero-hunger by 2030 seems all but abandoned. The Food Security Information Network (FSIN)—an alliance between the United Nations (UN) and several development groups—reports that 282 million people around the world faced acute hunger in 2023, largely because of conflict and the climate crisis. That this was the fifth consecutive year of a rise in the number of people facing acute hunger is evidence of a deeply skewed food...

  • UN:Global hunger crisis worsens in 2023

    Shafaqna English-The Global Report on Food Crises reveals that nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023. The UN report on Wednesday said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in 2022, due to the sharp deterioration in food security, especially