Child Hunger and Welfare in America 2 
Child Hunger and Welfare in America
Fan Wang
Binghamton University
October 12, 2013
Some people said that the United States is a "children's paradise." However, poor families and children are not so fortunate, and many of them are suffering from hungry. The effect of childhood hunger is terrible, whatever in the aspect of physical and mental, future development or education. President Obama in the presidential campaign and after winning has vowed to “eliminate child hunger phenomenon by 2015” (The Food Research and Action Center.org.2009). To achieve this goal, the U.S. non-governmental anti-hunger organizations wrote a report discussing the reason behind child hunger in the United States, and what measures should be taken to improve the situation. They want the government to promote economic development and create more employment opportunities. They also asked to expand the free meals plans at the school, weekends and summer vacation. And the government has promoted many welfare and programs which benefit the needy children. The public and government need to combine together, know the cruel reality clearly and fight with hunger for children.
The current situation and the facts in feeding children are in very danger. “According to the report from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 15.9 million children (under eighteen) need insecure households on food in the America because they cannot get enough food which is necessary for keeping alive” (Feeding America.org.2013). The statistics show on the Feeding America (2013) “There are sixteen million or about twenty-two percent of America children lived in poverty in 2012.” It comes to two results which the first one is that the poverty is the main factor contributes to hungry. Another conclusion is that the total population of children in 2012 is approximately seventy-three million and it means 1 in 4 children lived in hunger. To be more specific, suppose that there are 30 children in a
Fan Wang
Binghamton University
October 12, 2013
Some people said that the United States is a "children's paradise." However, poor families and children are not so fortunate, and many of them are suffering from hungry. The effect of childhood hunger is terrible, whatever in the aspect of physical and mental, future development or education. President Obama in the presidential campaign and after winning has vowed to “eliminate child hunger phenomenon by 2015” (The Food Research and Action Center.org.2009). To achieve this goal, the U.S. non-governmental anti-hunger organizations wrote a report discussing the reason behind child hunger in the United States, and what measures should be taken to improve the situation. They want the government to promote economic development and create more employment opportunities. They also asked to expand the free meals plans at the school, weekends and summer vacation. And the government has promoted many welfare and programs which benefit the needy children. The public and government need to combine together, know the cruel reality clearly and fight with hunger for children.
The current situation and the facts in feeding children are in very danger. “According to the report from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 15.9 million children (under eighteen) need insecure households on food in the America because they cannot get enough food which is necessary for keeping alive” (Feeding America.org.2013). The statistics show on the Feeding America (2013) “There are sixteen million or about twenty-two percent of America children lived in poverty in 2012.” It comes to two results which the first one is that the poverty is the main factor contributes to hungry. Another conclusion is that the total population of children in 2012 is approximately seventy-three million and it means 1 in 4 children lived in hunger. To be more specific, suppose that there are 30 children in a