Topic: Poverty and hunger
Thank you to all supporters of our London bus campaign
Blog / 20th May 2024STWR would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our bus advert campaign which began across London in May.
Rishi Sunak must allow visit from UN food inspector due to increasing levels of UK poverty, 85 charities write
News / 10th May 2024More than 80 charities and civil society bodies have called on Rishi Sunak to reverse a decision to block a UK visit by the UN inspector on food poverty until after the election.
1.8 million more Palestinians doomed to poverty if Gaza war persists
Blog / 9th May 2024Nearly seven months into the Gaza war, the economic stall combined with great losses in housing and public services only threaten to push even more Palestinians into poverty.
Conflict’s long shadow has a name: It’s hunger
Blog / 26th April 2024Scarce food and drinking water. Limited and inconsistent healthcare. Rapidly deteriorating mental health. With conflict on the rise globally, this is the grim reality for millions around the world.
Poorest countries continue to lose out as wealthy donors pocket their own aid, according to latest OECD data
News / 25th April 2024New figures published today by the OECD show that wealthy countries are still diverting record amounts of aid to hosting refugees in their own countries, while the poorest countries continue to lose out.
Latest hunger data spotlights extent of famine risk in Gaza, Sudan and beyond
News / 25th April 2024Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year, heightening growing fears of famine and “widespread death” from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies warn.
Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
News / 18th April 2024“Six months into the war, 10,000 Palestinian women in Gaza have been killed, among them an estimated 6,000 mothers, leaving 19,000 children orphaned,” said UN Women, in a new report.
New study: 44 million food-insecure Americans can eat positive economic statistics
Blog / 2nd April 2024“Let Them Eat GDP Reports,” says Hunger Free America. Reported by Kim Moscaritolo.
World squanders over 1 billion meals a day – UN report
Report / 29th March 2024Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity.
Imminent famine in northern Gaza is ‘entirely man-made disaster’: Guterres
News / 19th March 2024Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warn that new food insecurity data indicates that famine could happen “anytime”.