Millions Suffer Malnutrition

The international community asserts that violence against the life of millions of human beings, especially children – forced into misery and hunger – is due to the inequality of wealth distribution.

St. Augustine of Hippo Courtesy: Lightner Museum

(MADRID) - There are various campaigns spread throughout the media and communication networks. A campaign carried out by Doctors Without Borders explains that millions of people have been displaced in Sudan due to violence.

They run away from hunger and disease. They have to survive and struggle through robberies and how rough life is for them. They often end up under the anguish of cholera and the like.

The rates of population devastation caused by epidemics reach high levels. There is lack of food. The lack of safe drinking water and the absence of hygiene increase the chances of disease.

On that same note, “Rebel against poverty”, is the slogan launched by Alliance Against Poverty. The goal of this alliance is to raise government awareness eradicating poverty around the world. The intention of this movement is to make itself known throughout the world.

On the other hand, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations informs that more than one third of the world’s population (i.e. more than 2,000 million people) suffer rigorous malnutrition that alter the physical and mental development of the victims. It is estimated that 5 million of them die each year. FAO also reports that approximately 20 million children are chronically underweight, and are in risk of breathing their last breath of air. They are also under the risk of been diagnosed with severe disabilities.

For United Hands, the lack of food and poverty are interconnected, since it is not about the lack of food or goods. Instead, it is thought that it has to do with the lack of medical help, training, and education.

The lack of solidarity around the world has led Denmark, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden to reach a goal set by the United Nations: to achieve 0.7 percent of the national PIB to use for Official Development Assistance.

The international community asserts that violence against the life of millions of human beings, especially children – forced into misery and hunger – is due to the inequality of wealth distribution.

To that extent, Augustine of Hippo asserted that the remains of the rich are patrimony of the poor. (Translated by Gianna A. Sanchez-Moretti)

He has been Associate Professor of Business Management at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Navarra and a contributor to the Madrid daily ABC. He also spent several years teaching, both in the Official School of Advertising as the School of Information Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1985 he was awarded the Gold Master, granted by the Senior Management Forum and AMPE Prize 1996 to the "long and brilliant career advertising."

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