A Ray of Hope: G8 to Start Tackling Global Food Crisis
Written by Asinus Asinum Fricat on May 17, 2008 – 12:57 pm -On the Project Concern site, there’s this message: Here is a challenge to consider: tonight - for just one night - go without dinner; go to bed hungry. This act of conviction serves to remind each of us of the global emergency that is currently being described by the World Food Program as the “silent tsunami.”
Imagine having to go without food for days on end as roughly a billion people do on a regular basis. Imagine having to put your kids to sleep at night hungry. How did we get to this point and what did the various governments in the world do to alleviate the hunger and the suffering? Not much, as most States still spend a large portion of their GDP, doggedly, in defense, shoring up armies and armament as if there’s no tomorrow, still drawing invisible battle lines on the earth, water and space.
However, there is movement at the station, to paraphrase Banjo Paterson. Read more »
Tags: Community, FAO, G8, Global Food Crisis, Grains, Hunger, Japan, UN
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