Topic: Poverty and hunger
Hundreds of millions are dying of hunger
Article / 30th May 2025Enough food is produced to meet the needs of 11 billion people. Why do so many of the 8 billion people on the planet go hungry? By Vijay Prashad for Tricontinental.
Vstani, Amerika, vstani!
Article / 20th May 2025Prišel je čas, ko mora Amerika hitro preoblikovati svoje vrednote s pomočjo bolj vključujoče in duhovne vizije, ki temelji na pravični delitvi svetovnih virov. Na vas, mladih Američanih, je, da prevzamete vodstvo in organizirate neprekinjene proteste v sleherni zvezni državi, dokler ta vsedržavni val miroljubnih protestov ne bo sčasoma zajel celotnega sveta.
Acute food insecurity and malnutrition rise for sixth consecutive year in world’s most fragile regions
News / 19th May 2025Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
‘Children are being starved by design’: all of Gaza faces hunger crisis due to Israeli siege
Article / 13th May 2025New data shows the total Israeli siege that's now in its third month has made Gaza's already dire hunger crisis worse, leaving the entire Palestinian enclave in emergency conditions.
Sudan faces worsening humanitarian catastrophe as famine and conflict escalate: UN experts
News / 22nd April 2025As the conflict in Sudan reaches the two-year mark, UN human rights experts raised alarm that widespread starvation and a distressing surge in acute malnutrition are unfolding.
‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month
News / 8th April 2025One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously.
Tens of millions at risk of extreme hunger and starvation as unprecedented funding crisis spirals
News / 1st April 2025Despite the generosity of many governments and individual donors, WFP is experiencing a steep decline in funding across its major donors.
Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
News / 24th March 2025Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that has engulfed the international aid sector, made worse by pronounced cuts in Washington, the UN children’s report.
Faith leaders blast GOP’s attacks on poor and tax cuts for the rich
Report / 6th March 2025Faith leaders came together in Washington, D.C. to share an open letter and report calling out efforts by Republicans in Congress to rip resources away from the working class to fund tax giveaways for the ultrarich.
UK aid cuts are a symptom of our broken economic model
Article / 28th February 2025Aid agencies across the UK are reeling from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s surprise announcement this week to increase military spending at the expense of foreign aid, writes Maxine Betteridge-Moes.