Ethical Dilemmas, human rights, and values

    People that have the ability to feed the hungry are not helping. People in places like in the US. Suffering people in Africa are not getting the help they need. Yes, they are getting some help, but not to an extent it can save many lives. That is an ethical dillema that is present in world hunger. Organizations such as the UN, development banks, and Oxfam international are trying to help this issue. However, it is not enough. This is effecting human rights because every person should have the right amount of food to live a sustainable life. It is also affecting environmental problems.Typically, the environment is the foundation of how you're economy flows, leading to the amount of access to food you have. If I were put in this situation, I would have done things such as helping other people that are suffering as well.  World hunger effects many values. Families are being impacted, since they don't have time to actually be a "family". Education is being impacted because children cannot go to school because they must do things to help sustain their families. People's interests are being affected because some people do not want to put in the money and time to help these people that are suffering. Yes, it may sound inhumane, but in reality some people do not want to.

Consequences of world hunger

Health (Physical/Mental),  developmental, education  (lack of). The lack of food affects physical health. Diseases and dysfunctions come along  with mental health, alongside with things like disorders. With the lack of food, education is usually hard to come by. These are consequences of world hunger. Basic needs are going unanswered. People suffering from hunger are not provided with food, which is obviously a basic need. Every person should have the right amount of food to live a sustainable life. Typically, the environment is the foundation of how you're economy flows, leading to the amount of access to food you have. It also relates to economy. Typically, the worse the economy, the harder it is to access food. It breaks down families, because they have limited access to food so its harder to sustain their lives. Their are many victims to this issue. Many children, adults, and families are being affected and are constantly living with the fear of not knowing what to eat.
World hunger is unfair. These people could have bright futures, and their stuck in poverty. Since they have to support their family, they sometimes have to cut school, or not go to school at all. This affects their ability to get out of poverty, so it continues and continues.

Causes of world hunger

Many different things sum up to cause world hunger. War, natural disasters, weather, agricultural practices, population, and poverty.  Natural disasters such as floods, tropical storms, and long periods of droughts. Natural disasters are very unpredictable. Wars limit the amount of food the place can access. Typically, a family whose life has been ravaged by war is of low financial status. This leads to the hardship of lack of food. Agricultural practices, such as which crops they invest in and how much they can get.Deforestation, drought, and soil erosion factor in the fate of a certain places economy and food access.  If the population is too large, that could be a concern for food. With a lot of people comes more amount of food. And lastly, if the place is relatively poor, the access to food is low. Many people agree to this issue, because it is worldwide and a concern practically everywhere. Many scientific research has gotten into depth to prove the reasons for world hunger. Since such an abundance of people are suffering from hunger, a lot of money and research has gotten in to help stop it. Many businesses, colleges, and scientists have studied to find a cure for world hunger. Typically, children suffer the fate fo hunger more, because their body hasn't fully grown yet. People of all age groups in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, and Haiti are malnourished.  Even though there are many people that are hungry in the US, people tend to be of the Asian or African descent.






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Why did I choose world hunger?

      I chose the topic world hunger because it is not emphasized enough. World hunger is one of the biggest problems worldwide, and many people overlook it because of things like AIDS and other diseases. In fact, world hunger kills more people than AIDS, HIV, and tuberculosis combined.  World hunger is terrible in certain parts of the world. I think world hunger should get more attention because of the amount of children and people that go to bed hungry each night. Food is not necessarily the problem. The world produces enough food to feed everybody in the world, but the food isn't evenly distributed well enough. Things like war, poverty, and resources impact this issue. World hunger must be emphasized, and must be spread. Everybody must know that some children in the world go to bed hungry worrying about how they will persevere another day without food and sustainable living conditions.

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