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  • Essay / Poverty In The Hunger Project - 612

    Muhammad Yunus, civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, once said: “Once poverty is gone, we will have to build museums to show its horrors to future generations. They will wonder why poverty has persisted for so long in human society – how a few people could live in luxury while billions lived in misery, destitution and despair. Hunger can be defined as the physical state of desire for food. Hunger can ultimately lead to malnutrition, where one is unable to eat enough to meet their basic nutritional needs. According to the World Food Program (2014), hunger and malnutrition are actually the number one health risk in the world – even more serious than the combination of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Every day around the world, more than 842 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition. This means that one in eight people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life (World Food Program, 2014). Fortunately, hunger and malnutrition can be easily solved, although everyone must work together to end them for good. Accordi...