Hunger


Approximately 24,000 people die each day from hunger or hunger-related causes. That translates into one person dying every 3.6 seconds -- 74% of which are children. -- The Hunger Site

Click to Feed the Hungry

Visit the following sites and make a donation at no cost to you. Once a day is usually the max. (From Quick Donations. See their site for other non-hunger donation sites.)

Hunger Site - UN's World Food Program
Help the Hungry
- High impact site: $1/visit
Hits Against Hunger
- High impact: $1/visit 
Stop the Hunger
 
Hungry Children
 
Angel Foundation
 
Feed Your World
 
Lion Aid
 
The Good Spider
 
Click For Food
 
(fd)Hunger
 
(msp)Hunger
 
Cause An Affect
 
Feed South Africa
 

An Gorta Mor
The Great Irish Famine
Interpreting the Irish Famine 1846-1850
The Great Irish Famine Curriculum
The Irish "Famine" (The Great Hunger)
An Gorta Mor Commemoration and Education Committee
The Jeanie Johnston Project
Irish Hunger Martyrs 
Irish Famine - U of Va 
 

Other Important Sites

St. Mary's Food Bank  - Phoenix
Second Harvest
 
Feed America
 

World Hunger Year
 

Amid US Prosperity, Hunger Grows - CSM - Article from the Christian Science Monitor outlines the problem of hunger in the United States.

Hunger - Myths and Realities - Site index to browse; topics including dehydration and diarrhea
Hunger in the US
- Environmental Science in Action; causes and effects of hunger on families
Recent Hunger Studies - FRAC
- Food Research and Action Center studies of hunger in the US
___Campaigne to End Childhood Hunger 

American Indian Children's Hunger Fund - Projects in North America to feed, cloth and educate
Charity Calls - Join for long-distance phone services; US Fund for UNICEF 
Click for Food
-  Click to donate to the UN World Food Program. Group gives 100% 
Food For All
- National and international efforts to combat hunger 
Help Us End Hunger - Feinstein Center
- (U of RI) Facts about hunger in the US. Sign a petition. 
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
- Asks for donations from the Jewish community
UNICEF USA
- News and events; world site; Tie Score.com; Halloween Program