WORLD FAMINE Kaylah Betancourt 1004

INTRO  One of the biggest problems our world is dealing with today is world famine.  This is taking peoples lives and destroying families. Famines have been going on for hundreds of years.  They also caused the spread of diseases.

PRESENT  Today a lot of people are suffering from world hunger. Half of our population is dying and there seems to be not a lot of help available.  In 2012 the East Africa Somalia Famine has took the life of millions of people. Also 3 million people are capable to have aids.  This is due to the food rotting, and their meat being intoxicated.

EAST AFRICA FAMINE   These are two images of people who are suffering from the famine. On the right is a pregnant lady who might be at risk from getting H.I.V. And the second picture is a kid starving because they are out of food because everything is rotten.

PRESENT  Some other causes to famine are natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, and tropical storms.  When there are floods it causes all the crops to become flooded and they are no longer good to eat.  Farmers will now have to move and try to adapt to new environment and hope they can continue farming.

PAST  One of the biggest famines in history was the Irish potato famine.  It took place from  The population went down from 8 million people to 5 million people.  About 2 million aces of potatoes got rotten and a lot of people got sick especially the ones who worked in the field.

IRISH POTATO FAMINE  This is a picture of how the potatoes looked when they got rotten. A lot of people didn’t know what to do when this fungus came along because no one knew it even existed.

PAST  “A person who steals bread during a famine is not treated as a thief,” (Cat Stevens).  To me this quote means a person who steals bread during a famine is not a thief because they are in need of food, and they are starving,  They will do anything and everything to get food to eat.

GREAT CHINA FAMINE  This famine was caused by natural disasters.  In July 1995, the Yellow River in china had got flooded.  A lot of the crops had died and a lot of people drowned.  Farmers in china couldn’t grow crops for a couple of years.

CHINA FAMINE  This a picture of the Yellow River in China.

FUTURE  Hopefully in the world will become a better place and the population will grow.  We can hope famines wont occur no more and our world wont have to suffer.  We can start donation center so we can help people who have been involved in famines and provide them with the help they need.

WAYS TO PREVENT FAMINES  There are many ways we can prevent famines, and one way is help from the government.  Since the government has so much money, they can send all these countries that have been affect by famines food.  This will help the build up there food supplies.  They can make the farmers soil fertilized so their crops wont rot.  The government also stated they are trying to make peace with other countries so they can help support them.

TECHNOLOGY  Technology can also play a big role in preventing famines.  If we produce more machines and stuff it’s a better chance our products and food will not rot.  Its also better because theses machines will be producing products faster so there will hopefully be more food for everyone.  We wont have to worry about running out of food and crops going bad.

EDUCATION  Education can also help prevent famines.  If kids are educated they will learn more about famines.  They will learn about past famines and what people did to survive.  If a famine ever occurs again students will know what to expect and how to react to it.  Also if they are educated they will set high living stadards.