1. Hunger Learning objectives
As students are coming into the classroom, hand out sweets (this can be fake substitute sweets)
Give one group of people 4 sweets
Give one group of people 2 sweets
Give one group of people 1 sweet
The rest of the class should get nothing.
Learning objectives
To understand what hunger means in a global context
Consider what can be done to combat hunger

2. Goals & Articles Goal 2: Zero Hunger
Article 24 (health and health services) Every child has the right to the best possible health. Governments must provide good quality health care, clean water, nutritious food and a clean environment so that children can stay healthy.
Video on zero hunger

3. any caloric intake below the minimum of 2000 calories per day.
What is hunger?
When we use the word hunger, we do not mean the desire to eat. Rather, we define it as established by the U.N. World Food Program:
any caloric intake below the minimum of 2000 calories per day.
About 795 million people—one in nine of the world’s population—do not have sufficient access to food.
BUT the world produces enough food to feed every man, woman, and child on the planet.
Why is it important to get rid of hunger in the world?

4. In what countries is hunger the worst?
According to the Human Development Index, a study done by the United Nations Development Programme, the 10 nations with the lowest human development scores in the world are:
Eritrea
Sierra Leone
Mozambique
South Sudan
Guinea
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Chad
Niger
Central African Republic.
In what countries is hunger the worst?
Why do you think this is?
Is there anything surprising on this?

5. What can we do to reduce world hunger?
Write a list of up to 10 things that you think can reduce world hunger, in general.
E.g. donating to food banks
Think about what can be done as:
An individual
A school
A community (local and global)
Work in pairs to create a list (in the workbooks). These are some examples of the types of things that can be done to reduce hunger:
Sustainable Food – funding projects so that people can provide food for themselves in a sustainable way
Access to credit – Loans (with low or no interest – easily repaid) for people to create their own industries, such as farms, to help to create a sustainable living
Food donations - this can help in the short term, both cash and food donations have had an immense impact on world hunger
Transitioning – help families transition into a state of self-dependence. Providing families with food and then slowly helping them transition to become sustainable and self sufficient
Urban farming – almost ¼ of undernourished people live in an urban environment. Urban agriculture is the farming/growing of crops in a city to sell.
Access to education – education is the best weapon against poverty and hunger. Education means better opportunities and more access to income and food.
Social Change – this is difficult and long term. Many social issues (such as war) pose fundamental threats to halting world hunger. E.g. Yemen blockade
Government Intervention – Aid to foreign nations needs to be more focused on government intervention e.g. programmes that provide food to mothers and their children in poor areas.
Empowering women – there is a direct correlation with hunger and gender inequalities. Empowering women to gain access to food, be providers and lead their families has had a major impact on food access and ability to change financial situations.
School meals – providing food to children in school so they can get an education as well.
Technology revolution – Using technology in an innovative way e.g. refugees from Iraq can get a voucher on a mobile phone to spend in a local store. The country housing the refugees gets an economic boost, the refugees get to eat.
Building resilience – the world’s poorest & hungriest countries are at greatest risk from disasters, building resilience of vulnerable communities can enable them to cope when a disaster strikes
Reduce Food Waste– of the four billion tonnes of food produced annually, 1/3 is wasted. Donating or supermarkets giving food (where possible) to those in need.