World Hunger Day – Let’s Rise Above Hunger

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World Hunger Day is observed on 28 May every year to raise awareness about the over 800 million people living with chronic hunger every day, and come up with initiatives to address this issue.

Millions of individuals and hundreds of organisations have come together to raise awareness against hunger and work towards achieving the UN Sustainable Goal of ‘Zero Hunger’.

Instead of trying to find a short-term solution, we need to work on a strategy to address hunger sustainably. Other problems panning across different aspects of people's life can be addressed better once hunger has sustainable solutions.

What are some of these sustainable solutions?

People waste tonnes of food without even being aware of the fact that there are millions struggling due to hunger. A few simple ways to reduce wastage and ensure that everyone has food on their plate are to shop wisely, understand when food goes bad, order/buy smaller portions, pack and eat leftovers later, donate excess food and so on.

Another way of achieving sustainable solution is to volunteer with or donate to a charitable organisation. It ...
... will take everyone to come together to end world hunger and no contribution is too small. Feeding just one hungry person every day directly or through an organisation can resolve hunger. The Akshaya Patra Foundation is one such NGO that persistently works towards fighting hunger. A contribution of ₹1,500 can feed school meals to one child for an entire year.

The idea of ‘zero hunger’ is that when every person is well-fed, they have better chances to reach their full potential which will create a positive ripple effect on the well-being of their loved ones, their communities and their nation.

Though hunger is one of the greatest challenges of our time, it is also one of the world’s most solvable problems. This World Hunger Day, let’s rise above hunger by feeding the needy. Donate online!

I'm a social volunteer, lives in Bengaluru. I do work for NGOs to make society better. Currently I'm working for The Akshaya Patra Foundation. It's an NGO in India which provides wholesome nutritious mid-day meals to government school children to end classroom hunger. https://www.akshayapatra.org/