Why?
World Food Day is commemorated worldwide to raise awareness about the need for proper nutrition that is still inaccessible to a significant part of the world. With development, our world has reached the utopia we dreamed of a few years ago, but some of the problems we faced have remained with us and are now even more severe. Hunger and Malnutrition are one such problem that needs to be taken care of before it becomes unavoidable.
Many researchers and scientists are experts on the topic of the future, who claim that eventually, the problem will be solved as our future abilities will allow us to double the resources we have right now. But that is just a dream; if in the present, we can see that thousands of people in remote parts of the world are suffering and losing their lives because of a lack of food, then all the justifications fail.
Hunger and Malnutrition are global problems that affect millions of people every year, causing significant health problems and severe socio-economic effects. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), approximately 815 million people in the world are undernourished, of which more than 165 million are children below five years old who suffer from stunted growth caused by chronic Malnutrition and hunger. Without action, these figures may rise in the coming years due to climate change and increased population growth. To make things worse, Malnutrition also affects those who don't suffer from it directly.
What Needs To Be Done
Hunger is a complex problem. Many don't even understand the cause of it, and yet there are only theories. If certain countries are facing food shortages, then does that mean that there really is a lack of food in the country, or does that account for the corruption of government officials?
We cannot pinpoint one thing altogether, maybe it is the corruption of the officials, or maybe there really is a shortage of food, even in the 21st century. What can be done, however, is all of us coming together and helping those who face these issues. Daily, we pass through hundreds of people on the streets who are suffering from food problems in one way or the other.
Thinking about people whose lives can be impacted by our actions should be our number 1 priority. If we pass through hundreds of people, who face the same issues as people in some other countries, where responsible government officials have failed in their jobs, then all our worries and concerns would be futile. So many activists and NGOs are fighting the food shortage in countries like Africa, but there is still no data on what resulted.
This is the reason to better understand where your help goes; you must help the ones close to you.
WHAT CHILD HELP FOUNDATION DOES
After seeing multiple reports and data that showed the decline in mortality rates in India, which was caused due to food shortages and Malnutrition, Child Help Foundation took various initiatives so that underprivileged children could be fed with warm and nutritious meals.
Malnutrition contributes to nearly 35 percent of deaths among children under the age of five worldwide, which can be prevented by directing policy, program, and budgetary efforts on children during pregnancy and their first few years of life. According to India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-IV, 35.7 percent of children under the age of three are underweight. As a result, there is a pressing need to address childhood malnutrition.
Child Help Foundation started the to feed warm and nutritious meals to 1,800 underprivileged children daily. This act aimed to ensure that children have access to enough nourishment during critical developmental phases.
With many of such initiatives and activities, Child Help Foundation tries to ensure that no child dies of starvation.
Conclusion
To fight this evil of hunger, all of us must come together and make individual acts of kindness in the lives of people that are close to us. The people who pass by us, the people who need our help. Only then, can we see that change that we want to see.