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Sometimes the weight or the complexity of an issue can make you feel like you can't change how the world operates. This is the farthest thing from the truth. If you are motivated to change the way you think about food, read on for some simple things you can do!
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Change the World One Meal at a Time
• Buy the quantity of food you can consume and not waste any
• Support local farmers; buy locally grown foods
• Re-discover forgotten foods that grow in the area
• Plant home, community and school gardens
• Raise poultry, small animals or fish to eat or sell
• Prepare different recipes with locally available foods
• Grow and sell foods through co-operative efforts
• Establish centres or food banks to share food
• Invite commercial food growers to be part of community action committees
• Advocate for local laws and food standards
• Use your contacts to find out what local groups, media, and authorities are doing to promote health, nutrition and prevent hunger and malnutrition
• Ask your local coffee shop or supermarket to carry Fair Trade foods
• Hold a TIG Open Forum on a food issue that matters to you
Help End Hunger
Give Your Time
• Volunteer or donate time to help prepare and serve food in soup kitchens and community centers in your community.
• Participate in events, campaigns and activities already planned by local groups
Build Awareness
• Share hunger information in your morning announcements at school
• Share hunger information in your organizations' newsletter or email list serve
• Write, email or call your elected officials to tell them that hunger is an issue that matters to you
• Write an editorial to your local newspaper
Organize
• Organize an assembly, forums, debates, and public discussions about the Hunger
• Organize a walk against hunger
• Organize a canned food drive for your local food bank
Fundraise/Make a Donation
• Join the World Food Programme and 'Walk the World' to end child hunger on June 12, 2005. Hurry and sign up for the walk today!
• Make a donation to the World Food Programme or any reputable hunger agency
With ideas from United Against Hunger
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Acknowledgements
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'Food' Partners and Contributors
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World Food Programme
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Walk the World:
Thank you for giving your time, sharing resources, and for sponsoring Monthly Themes.
http://www.wfp.org
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TakingITGlobal Food Theme Advisory Board
Special thanks to these TIG members for their ideas, enthusiasm, and written contributions:
Omari
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Farah
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Maulik
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Yara
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Vagmi
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Jaevion
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Eray
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Sofya
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world food programme |
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As the food aid arm of the UN, the WFP feeds an average of 90 million people in more than 80 countries each year through food aid. For over 40 years, WFP has been moving food to the people who need it. WFP is also a trusted source for information on hunger and food aid, and is responsible for a number of informative and innovative programs. Check out these two featured mini websites of the WFP!
http://www.wfp.org
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Fight Hunger: Walk the World
http://www.fighthunger.org/
Fight Hunger: Walk the World is a global annual event to raise awareness and the funds needed to help end child hunger. Last year, 40,000 people walked on 20 June in over 70 countries, and raised enough money to fund school meals for over 30,000 school children in developing countries. Join the thousands of people on Sunday, June 12, 2005 will 'walk the world' in 24 hours and across 24 time zones.
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Food Force
http://www.food-force.com/
Fight hunger, not people in this video game developed by the World Food Programme. Play the game, learn about food aid, and help WFP work towards a world without hunger. (Downloading and installation of the game may take up to 30 minutes. This download is not suitable for 56k dial-up modems.
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links and resources |
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Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger
(Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Swahili)
Teachers all over the world who would like to introduce their students to the problems of hunger and malnutrition can use and adapt the Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger materials and model lesson plans.
Telefood: Building Solidarity to end World Hunger
(all languages but Russian)
Raising awareness about the problem of hunger mobilizes energy to find a solution. In 1997, FAO launched TeleFood, a campaign of concerts, sporting events and other activities to harness the power of media, celebrities and concerned citizens to help fight hunger.
Food for Life Global: Representing the World's Largest Vegan/Vegetarian Food Relief
Food for Life as the name suggests is a unique project for bringing food and life to the needy of the world through the liberal distribution of karma-free vegetarian meals . Food for Life's volunteers serve more than 100,000 free vegetarian meals daily!
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
(English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
World Food day: October 16, 2004
(English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
Monitoring Progress since the World Food Summit
(English, French, Spanish, Arabic)
European Food Information Council
(English, Deutsch, Italiano, Francais, Espanol, Portugues).
As an independent, non-profit organisation,EUFIC has been established to provide consumers with objective science-based information about food safety and quality.
Cool Food Planet
(English, French, Spanish, German, Italian)
European Food Information Council has separate content tailored for kids and young adults. Food facts are presented in a fun way such as 10 tips for good nutrition, a nutrition quiz, food myths, eating out, and building healthy habits.
Food Share – Toolbox
Make your own baby food, learn about rooftop gardening, community kitchens, gardening with people with disabilities, salad bars in schools, and community gardening. FoodShare works on food issues "from field to table"– a focus on the entire system that puts food on our tables: from the growing, processing and distribution of food to its purchasing, cooking and consumption.
United Against Hunger
Not one organization, but a group of many interested in fighting world hunger through awareness campaigns.
Canadian Association of Foodbanks
Toronto-based umbrella organization representing approximately 235 food banks across every Canadian province and territory. Member food banks and their agencies serve about 90 percent of people who use food banks.
International Agri-Food Network
(English only)
Online Resource in Russian
Learn about Russian food traditions and find recipes for soups, borsches, pancakes, salads, desserts and other foods and drinks. If you like spicy things, find out how to use plants to make hot sauces. Also learn how to treat yourself from diseases just by using garlic and vodka.
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