Could you imagine being so hungry that you can see every single and tiny detail of your bones? What if you didn't have enough energy to talk, or even walk?
is not a joke or a silly story, nor a pleasant situation to be in.
is the most basic need for human beings. It provides the body with nutrients, offers livelihoods that lift people out of
, and brings communities together. But unfortunately, more than 820 million people worldwide go hungry every single day, by forces beyond their immediate control, like disasters, conflicts, and even
, which considered one of the main causes of
in the
. It includes a lack of
, water, proper climate, and soil fertility. And as we all know
is the fuel necessary to get through a normal day. And to get
fuel is sometimes hard for poor countries to get since many people believe that tackling the
it depends only on the
while it's not only that, it
depends on
. And; Indeed, if I want to elicit the core of my presentation, I will persuade you that
Is the solution to end
.
Both
and
do have an important role to play in alleviating
throughout the
, In and of itself,
is far from the end-all solution. It's not even the
step. Of course, it is a step. It's the
step. That's because, if a hungry
fails to eat today, that hungry
dies tonight.
, if the hungry
eats today,
we still have a hungry
tomorrow. We cannot end
without
, but
alone won't solve the issue. Simply giving
to the
solve the
is the same example of shoving water out of the shrinking
shipwoolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
.
, in 2005, an organization made
Program to distribute 4.2 million metric tons of
to the
's hungry, yet in 2005, 852 million people across the
stayed hungry.
can be used to provide short-term assistance after a disaster
as an earthquake or flooding.
, the problem is more of a short-term measure that works in difficult times, but, if it becomes a long-term measure, it will cause dependency and have a negative impact.
,
, is likely to have a more lasting effect.
could be combined with
by teaching people how to protect
production by planting trees and conserving water.
response could lead to greater self-reliance and exports.
The role of
is very important it is the gold bullet to tackle
because by providing
to impoverished communities, they can be lifted out of
and
and be able to fend for themselves without
. Teaching people, both children and adults, to read and write can give them the power to take control of their own lives, eventually setting up businesses, trading, and perhaps teaching others. And it's not even strange that the traditional saying of Lao Tzu is correct which says: “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”.
doesn't just help fighting
for the educated person only. Rather, the viral benefits of
spread outward to the surrounding community that the educated person is living in, for case in point Nepal's school’s educational program on
utilization, which was introduced in 2012 has helped the country in saving billions of tons of raw vegetables yearly and decreasing the likelihood of countrywide starvation.
In conclusion,
and
have their part to play in dealing with the phenomenon of
around the
, but perhaps as I said, the key to starvation does lie with
since it has long-term effect.
And as what UNESCO says
"
is an empowering right and one of the most powerful tools by which economically and socially marginalized children and adults can lift themselves out of
and participate fully in society."
– UNESCO