Where is the famine in the world today? Do citizens of developed countries contribute to ongoing relief efforts? In this article I will answer these questions in the hope that by building an understanding of the current state of poverty, morally upright people will play a role in contributing to the eradication of this invisible suffering.
It is a well-known fact that there is enough food in the world to feed everyone on earth. Sadly, malnutrition and hunger still plague one in seven people today. The number of malnourished is 797,900,000. So 17% of the world's population is currently malnourished or starving.
No matter how you diagnose this problem, the current problem is imminent. Why is that? The causes of hunger are complex, but there are common threads that seem to go hand in hand with this problem. First and foremost, hunger is the result of poverty. Addressing the problem of world hunger must address the problem of global poverty. Therefore, the question we need to consider is the root cause of poverty. All textbooks have been written on this subject. In our discussion, it is sufficient to point out that one of the major causes of poverty is governments that pursue policies that limit human satisfaction.
Famine zones are also characterized by ongoing food insecurity due to a shortage of seeds, arable land and tools. Those who can grow food must face pests, drought, floods and war, which can lead to the total destruction of crops. Historically, parts of Africa have occasionally been attacked by locusts, which could completely destroy crops. The global food production and trade system tends to rely on exported crops while discriminating against subsistence farmers and subsistence crops.
Many Third World countries export most of the food at the same time and do not store enough food to feed their people. AIDS is a major cause of hunger. In AIDS-affected communities, hunger is very deadly and difficult to fight. Why is that? AIDS is affecting the most productive people in society. Few people produce in the community which means fewer people will work in jobs that involve food production. This is one of the contributors to the current famine in Africa. Climate plays a major role in the spread of famine.
Drought zones lead to a land not used by the next famine. This is well known. But what is less well known is that floods can also lead to famine. Plants can be flooded and destroyed, in fact producing the same effect as drought. In both cases, the weather can be a source of insufficient energy. Military wars, both inside and outside the neighboring countries, can lead to famine. These conflicts can lead to the destruction of crops. Government funding is aimed at financing the famine by starving people.
Funds are spent on social and economic development. Military clashes can also lead to the migration of large groups of people, removing them from their farms and way of life. People may end up in refugee camps, dependent entirely on help. The causes of hunger in the world are many, and some things change from year to year, so in any case, some areas may be more prone to another. The severity of the drought, the floods, the civil strife, the wars with neighboring countries may change over time.
Therefore, these factors contribute to the changing impact to the extent that the citizens of the affected countries are starving. The integration of these factors into a particular region is a catastrophic process. If this happens, a severe famine is likely to occur. For example. The Horn of Africa has seen a severe drought accompanied by civil war. This leads to disaster formation. Currently, in the region 11 million people are at risk of starvation.
Historically, some parts of the world have experienced severe famine and starvation. These areas are the central region of South America, the major parts of the East, Central, and South Africa, and the regions of South Asia. Since 2006, the current tropical areas, those most affected by famine, are as follows:
Niger:
This region of Central Africa has been struggling to cope with the devastating effects of drought and locust infestation. Haiti: In this region extreme poverty has been fueled by political instability, floods, tropical cyclones, and hurricanes. Horn of Africa: An estimated 11 million people in the African province are “at risk of starvation” as a result of drought and severe war. Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia need food, water, livestock and seeds. This is a major problem of hunger in development.
Afghanistan:
Poverty in Afghanistan, fueled by drought, has had a profound effect on their hunger problem.
Pakistan:
Recent earthquakes accompanied by severe winters have created famine conditions. More recently, slippery slopes have hampered relief efforts.
North Korea:
Food shortages caused by the country's economic crisis, including unpredictable weather. So far, the North Korean government has failed in its goal of providing food for the hungry. The North Korean government has rejected foreign aid.
Columbia:
The 40-year civil war and drug trafficking has led to mass exodus and poverty. Democratic Republic of Congo: 3.4 million people have fled their homes as a result of ongoing internal strife. Mali: They are struggling to cope with the aftermath of a recent drought.
South Africa:
Bad weather, lack of seed and fertilizer, chronic poverty and AIDS have all contributed to famine. These are areas of the world currently facing the highest levels of malnutrition and hunger. With this understanding of the need for relief efforts, we must address the question of individual response. Do people in developed lands contribute to relief efforts? Many well-meaning people contribute to the relief effort when problems arise.
A major problem in efforts to help more people in developed countries who are unaware of the current problem of hunger. The news media, especially television, pay little attention to the problem of world hunger. While an in-depth discussion of the reasons for this is outside the scope of this article, a few points can be made. Clearly, American TV news organizations, on the other hand, do not consider world hunger to be a major issue because hunger is a daily occurrence.
I suspect, from the point of view of these media outlets, that 24,000 people a day starving is not a big enough story. When 1,386 people died as a result of Hurricane Katrina, news spread widely. Five months after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, TV news outlets were still pressuring her to do her best. Admittedly, this was a blatant tragedy, but the biggest, biggest disaster still exists in Africa and the public is unaware of it. I have seen little or nothing American TV news organizations provide the most devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. I only learned about this problem using RSS feeds on the Internet.
Television organizations such as CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC have so far not reported this problem. I hope this will change. It is clear that American news organizations do not provide complete and complete news, instead they analyze events and offer only what they feel they can be of interest to their audience. News organizations should cover the news and adhere to the highest standards of journalism. Perhaps these news organizations need to incorporate a higher level of moral responsibility into their decision-making process, when deciding which stories to write.
In any case, people cannot donate if they do not know the problem exists. We have answered some important questions to show the current state of poverty. We have studied global hunger, and we have identified some causes of malnutrition, malnutrition and starvation. Furthermore, we have concluded that more morally upright people will contribute to the eradication of hunger, provided they are aware of this problem. Finally, we have seen that the level of global hunger by TV news organizations is very low.
Although the media did not mention the current problem of world hunger, by reading this article, you have improved your understanding of world hunger today. If you read this in a developed country, which is most likely because you read it online, you have a moral obligation to donate any time or money to help end unseen suffering.
Winston Churchill once said that "we live by what we get, but we live by what we give." We must all do our part to end world hunger.
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