FAMINE AND CHRONIC HUNGER Textbook Pg 146

Rising Food Prices Video  feature=related feature=related  What are your initial reactions to this video clip?  Who made the video clip?  What connections can be made between this video clip and the concepts already discussed in this unit?

Definitions:  Hunger: Not having enough to eat to satisfy your appetite  Malnutrition: Malnutrition means suffering a lack of quantity and variety of food over a long period of time.  People suffering from malnutrition may become weak or ill, which impedes other areas of their life.

 Starvation: Starvation involves suffering from a severe shortage of food. Starvation will eventually lead to death if people are not able to get access to food.  Famine: A famine is an extreme shortage of food for a large number of people.  It can be caused by poor harvests or by food supplies being cut off or destroyed during wars, natural disasters etc.

Statistics to Consider  See the WFP, World Food Programme’s website for updated information about global hunger issues. The WFP is the ‘food aid’ sector of the United Nations 

Case Study: Famine In Somalia   Declared a famine between million of the country’s nearly 10 million people experienced food insecurity during this time. The worst famine was seen in the southern regions of the country.  What has caused this famine?  What is preventing aid from getting to the people?  See WFP website for updated information

Let’s Compare... FAMINECHRONIC PERSISTENT HUNGER  Tip of the iceberg  Occurs sporadically in concentrated areas  People will die from starvation  Attains world publicity (News) and responses  Aid (Food and relief) is donated  Can be anticipated and prevented  Consistently kills people every day, worldwide (developed and developing)  Considered ‘out of sight and out of mind’  People simply appear poor, not like in famines  People do not have opportunity to bring hunger to an end (cyclical)  Most severe in children because… - Hunger erodes strength and resistance - Causes malnutrition (lack of protein and vitamins in diet) - Common colds and childhood diseases become the major killers  People affected need access to:  education  health care and vaccinations  sanitation systems and clean water  land, seeds, tools

Concluding Discussion...  Which is more destructive, Famine or Chronic Hunger?