Hunger In America Research Paper

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Imagine this: You have just finished a hard day, labouring out in the hot sun. You have just earned yourself about half a dollar. While you worked, you ate a few peanuts to fill your empty stomach. After work, you collect trash in return for a loaf of bread or some tea. You get home to your small dirt hut, hoping that your son or husband will be back from their trip to the city to find work. But the hut is empty. Your stomach growls; even despite the current harvest, Sudan is facing famine. Many people live like this. This is why we have to do something. If we cannot help our own species, how can we be expected to change the world? People always think of America as a place where hunger doesn’t exist because they don’t know the facts. What they don’t know is that more than 41 million people struggle with hunger in the United States, while 785 million people struggle with hunger in the world. Just because we can’t always see it, doesn’t mean that hunger does not exist. 9.1 million people die of starvation every year. That means that 25,000 people die of hunger every day. Malnutrition is still the biggest health problem in the world and the top contributor for child mortality. More people die from starvation than they do from car crashes, cancer, malaria or drugs. For so many, what we take for granted would be an honor to have. …show more content…
For instance, I believe that global warming is a huge issue. And although it is a big issue, it would take 5,000 years to melt the ice caps while it takes three weeks for a person to die of hunger. People always think of getting rid of world hunger as an expensive issue, but there are ways to cut down on price. If governments from a few different countries made some changes, we could change how we look at world hunger. We have time to save the ice caps, use reusable containers and pick up trash, while for so many starving people, time is running