In conclusion, Feed My Starving Children was a great cause for us to use in our project. But in retrospect our team consensus was that there were entirely too many teams that selected the same project. It was a bit disheartening when we realized that others had similar presentations. In comparison to previous group projects, Com Champs has been efficient and rewarding for us as a team. A major factor for the success of our team would have to be setting the proper expectation and culture of what we consider a well-organized group. Having each member accept set culture and add their personal touch was paramount to Com Champs.…
The San Antonio Food Bank (SAFB) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight hunger in Southwest Texas through food distribution, programs, and education. The SAFB contributes to society by providing food and grocery’s at no cost, to the citizens of Bexar County, and other Southwest Texas communities. On the day of conducting my civil service my teammates and I carpooled with each other to get to the SAFB. Once we arrived we promptly started our service. The service we performed consisted of creating bags of food to be distributed. My teammates and I had the responsibility of making sure each bag had potatoes as well as discarding any potatoes that weren’t fit for consumption.…
Many people when they eat don't think about all the people who are starving. It rarely crosses most people's minds but it's actually happening more than you could imagine. Everyday thousands of people that have fought for our country are starving as well as their families. There are few food pantries for homeless and starving people but one person changed that. Richard Snyek’s big idea was influenced by one veteran which changed Richard's whole life and thoughts about these vets starving. (Source #1)…
Most organizations have documented core values, and objectives that ultimately contribute to their mission or cause. These documented or stated values are intended to shape the culture of the organization, and should also serve as a framework for the development of corporate strategy and the development of short and long-term goals. The climate of the organization can result in an unspoken culture which can be in alignment or contrary to the stated intent. The external environmental factors such as market competitors, the state of the economy, new technology and political environment also impact an organizations culture. Organizational culture impacts all facets of an organization and ultimately can impact the ability to accomplish their mission. This paper will examine Feed the Children's current culture, impacts of the identified culture, and the rites and rituals contributing to the overall state of Feed the Children.…
Hunger is a growing problem even if their are food banks and food stamps and other preventative measures. These things aren’t always easy to obtain and that is the cause of their downfall. Children shouldn’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from or whether or not they will even get one. This is a problem no one should be allowed to be blind to and Anna Quindlen helped end the ignorance of the issue with her essay. She is moving us one step forward to ending child hunger, but she can’t do it alone and the next step may start with…
No Kids Hungry is a great organization. Having little or no food is a huge issue in society today. Most children come to school hungry because they do not have enough to eat at home. It is sad that sometimes children only meal is in school. I am glad to hear that this organization provide meals for children outside of school. Not being able to eat a good balance meal can cause health issues and the child will not be able to function on their school work because all they can think about is being hungry. I was also please that No Kids Hungry is making progress in the community level because certain communities need more program and funding than others.…
The Catholic Relief Service is currently helping in Ethiopia, trying to teach mothers how to breastfeed their little children. Ethiopia is currently in one of the worse droughts and food crisis. Ethiopia has not received any rain in 2 years. The CRS is trying to educate the communities on the importance of breastfeeding and other educational things about health and nutrition. It is very important for the younger children to get the right nutrients that they can. Most children are malnourished and don’t even make it to the age of 5. The CRS came and helped teach many mothers in the community how to properly nourish their babies. Giving them simple tips to help them breastfeed their young…
Over the years kids have been abandoned or left alone without a family. A lot of the times kids are put up for adoption and once they are in the adoption agency they don’t end up finding a home or a family of their own. In foreign countries a lot of the time children have families but their parents can’t give them the nutrition and the life they need to survive. Did you know, that around the world 16,000 children die a day due to the lack of food, clean water, medicine and sanitation failures (Unicef, 2016). This has became an issue all around the world due to lack of supplies for a healthy happy life. A lot of the times an advertisement will be presented about this certain situations or situations similar to…
There are a number of key health issues for developing countries, especially in Africa. They include malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis and avian flu. HIV infection, leading to AIDS, is a major world problem. In addressing the problem of HIV infection, there have been major concerns. This page provides current developments on these issues as well as background. This article of worldhunger.org provides comprehension which integrates ethical, religious, social, economic, political, and scientific perspectives on the issue. With this, I can describe the nutrition, health, and diseases linked to world hunger.…
Surveying around the world, one may discover that many people when hungry, have the means to fulfil their appetite. This can be done through access to food; where people satisfy their hungry by enjoying a sandwich, or maybe even joining the dinner table for a nourishing meal. However, sadly this is not true in all cases. Hunger is one of the most challenging situations that seem to impossible to cure. More alarming are its effect on the human body, which in most cases are disastrous. Studies have shown that out of every nine people, there is one that is either hungry or malnourished. In addition, according to World Food Programme here are listed several stats on hunger: “there are 795 million people who are underfed around the world.” That “poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.” To include, that “one in four of the world's children are stunted.…
According to statistics, in 2015 42.2 million people in America were food insecure and of that 13.1 million were children (Hunger and Poverty Facts and Statistics). Hunger has become an epidemic and has threatened America’s great future, and because of this government and non-government agencies have become united across America to provide assistance to individuals and families in need of food. Although they have come together to fight this epidemic the federal and private responses are not actually addressing the root causes of hunger and food insecurity in a way for it to be diminished, instead the numbers of food insecure people have been holding steady or growing since consistent records have been kept (Anderson,113-122). Many Americans have to reply on food stamps and private organizations to assist with this crises and it is hard to believe that with the power and wealth of this great country we are not more organized in combatting this…
While World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine simply raises money and sends meals and food to impoverished countries, other organisations use money from donations to help in other ways. Stop Hunger Now, another global hunger initiative, packages meals in currently 71 countries, 88.5% of donations fund their meal programs; the World Food Program, not only fight hunger and nutrition problems but they fight other issues such as HIV/AIDS and help communities to grow their own food; Action Against Hunger runs programs that target problems in nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, food security and livelihood, emergency response. There are a number of other organisations that run programs that help in the long term by teaching poor countries how to farm and grow their own food supply, which reducing, not only the hunger itself but their need to overwork for money in order to supply their families with…
I am writing this letter in regards to bring this problem to people’s attention in hopes to motivate those who are just as concerned about world hunger as I am to make a stand and work together to tackle this problem. Currently there are over 1 billion people across the world who are malnourished. Being malnourished does not mean that you are simply hungry it can lead to many other problems like infectious diseases, delay physical and mental development, reduce work productivity and increase the risk of premature death. In addition poverty is one of the major factors that can be blamed for world hunger, the reasons for poverty can be defined as a lack of resources, and extremely unequal income distribution…
In 2015, researchers asked a group of children that belonged to low income families to describe in words a certain sensation that that particular group of children knew well. Children overall mentioned fatigue, loss of motivation, and painful stomach aches. One girl described the sensation as sad, and that she felt like crying as the sensation took its course. Another boy said that he would drink heaps of water to alleviate its adverse effects. No child had something pleasant to say regarding the sensation. Hunger, a feeling of discomfort caused by a lack of food, was the sensation that the children alluded to. The children used in the research lived in New Jersey, a region of high food insecurity, not…
Imagine a hungry six year old, in ratty clothing walking along the side of the road you are driving on, with a rusty bucket going to get water for her family. Terrible, isn’t it? But this is normal to see in developing countries. This six year old girl’s brother is probably in a rundown school, learning basic reading and math. Her family needs her to fetch food and water for them, and working long, tiring hours sewing leather for a football or shelling walnuts. Why? To pay the fee of her brothers education. It costs a lot for them. They don’t know that if they had her go to school, she could grow to be a strong, powerful woman with a good job such as a doctor, teacher, or lawyer. Then she…