One US Dollar serves 8 meals
One Mouse click serves 1.1 cups of rice
When we see a skinny child deprived of food in a remote African/Indian village on
TV we feel sympathetic and intend to help them. Let us take it to the next step
of compassion by acting and making it a part of our life and we will eradicate hunger from this planet. One percent of the time and money
we spend on celebrating a happy moment in our life, One percent of the time
and money we spend on researching and buying electronics, One percent of the time
and money we spend on our vacation is all that is needed.
Read more on hunger around the world by going to bread.org
and http://www.wfp.org/. Here is how we can
end hunger by making the steps below a part of our day - please remember and act.
1) What we and our family
should do
Assess how much food is wasted in our household and find a
way to reduce it. At every meal time remember those without enough to eat.Serve more meatless dinners a week using non animal sources of protein
that require fewer of world’s resources to produce. For me the
easiest way to give up eating any unhealthy food or eating just to satisfy the palate is to think about those I can serve.
Give one percent of our paycheck to the local schools or other
places which serve food. Read my article on Providing Snacks to students during the study hours.
2) Serve at the Community
Food Banks
Volunteer a local food bank or other program that server
people who are hungry. Visit secondharvest.org to find local food banks or inquire locally.
3) Donate leftovers
Spur donations of good leftover food. Encourage
restaurants, hotels, caters at work and even universities to donate usable
food. In the US Bill Emerson Good Samaritan food donations act of 1996 protects
donors from liability .Check secondharvest.org for more details. Many countries
and cities have toll free numbers we can call for our leftovers to be picked
up. If not there is our opportunity to start one.
4) Work through
Religious groups
Hunger doesn’t have a religion. I go to a temple which cooks
and serves food to the community every Sunday. I help cutting the vegetables and cleaning the utensils. I am sure there will be similar
events at your church, mosque or respective religious places. Suggest to your
religious community to study hunger and your faith traditions response.
5) Use Technology To Serve
A)Click every day
Its free and it takes only a few seconds and we can do it every
day .We click and the website advertisers contribute.
- Click by going to thehungersite.com to help feed a child.The hungersite.com provides 1.1 cups of rice per click
- The literacysite.com provides books to children for every click.
- Serve rice while we play the Vocabulary game
B) Support by placing links to these programs on our blogs
and websites
Example:
Copy Paste the HTML from the link below on your blog or website to help Children with Autism.
What we do will have a positive ripple effect. For example by
serving snacks during the evening study hours before the final exams the
results were astonishing. Better education will result in better if not job opportunities which in turn will build a better family and society.
Please act and share these with your family and friends.When we act as an individual we do something.When we act together we do everything to end hunger and poverty.
Please act and share these with your family and friends.When we act as an individual we do something.When we act together we do everything to end hunger and poverty.
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