Blog Feed300 Million Still Hungry?
Hello, this is Sean Kline, Director of Reach Global. More than 300 million people in India still live in absolute poverty, a figure that exceeds all of the poor in Africa and Latin America, combined. This statistic can be overwhelming, but it is such a powerful one we consider it a call to action. Alay shared some of our plans with you about our work in the regions of India with the most severe poverty–east and northeast India; what else would you like to know about our work in India? What do you think about those numbers?
4 Responses to “300 Million Still Hungry?”
Laura | 09-28-07
My name is Laura and I am an employee of Freedom from Hunger. I just returned from a two week trip to India where I had the opportunity to talk to young women and adolescent girls from the ages of 10 to 19 about how to prevent and treat diarrhea, the problem of HIV/AIDS and how to manage money. The girls participated in games and other creative physical activities that were fun and informative. For example, while learning about hand washing, the girls played “hot potato” with a bar of soap. Freedom from Hunger has many innovative programs taking place in India. We’d love to hear your comments and questions about our work there.
Octavio | 09-28-07
I was just wondering about whether or not Freedom from Hunger also gave tutorials to children as well as adults. Are there any groups or lessons that a child and parent can do interactively? What would a lesson in that genre of a class look like, or what topics would it be on?
Laura | 09-28-07
All of the learning sessions of Freedom from Hunger designed for adults as well as adolescents use interactive and participatory methods such as games, role plays, stories, songs, pictures and small group discussions. However, we learned that adolescent girls prefer a lot more physical movement during learning sessions. Therefore, we developed the Learning Games for Girls using games and other physically active activities. The Learning Games focus on topics that the girls want or need to have improved health and socioeconomic empowerment including nutrition, diarrhea, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and money management. We are doing research to understand the best way to deliver these Learning Games to adolescent girls. One way we will explore is for the mothers and daughters to participate in the Learning Games together.
Joanne Leslie | 09-28-07
My name is Joanne and I’m a Freedom From Hunger trustee. I was with a small church group last night talking about the Millennium Development goals, the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and the work of Freedom From Hunger. The experience yesterday reminded me that we sometimes discourage people when we tell them about the billion people in the world living in poverty, or the 1 in 3 children who are malnourished, or the continuing high rates of female illiteracy. That is why we so much need to also share the success stories, such as those that come out of Freedom From Hunger’s projects, so that caring people understand that we CAN make headway against these injustices.