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Saturday, April 29, 2006

Hunger and the World's Children

HUNGER

A child dies every 3 seconds from hunger related causes




NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO DIE EACH DAY OF HUNGER: 35,615

(UN Food and Agriculture Organization estimate; based on a posting at http://www.ainfos.ca
Minutes of silence: NONE
Plans for international response: NONE
Plans for saturation media network coverage: NONE
Effect on Stock exchanges: NONE
Alarm level:
LOW
Primetime news reports on possible perpetrators of the crime: NONE
[courtesy of Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment, Jan/Feb 2002; www.adbusters.org ]

http://www.peace.ca/basement.htm


A child dies of hunger every five seconds. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4078003.stm


U.S. Throws Away Half Its Food http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20041024002637data_trunc_sys.shtml

1 comment(s):

Where did you find it? Interesting read »

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:21 AM  

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