{"id":1658,"date":"2023-02-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sosresponds.org\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:13:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:13:58","slug":"hunger-in-the-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosresponds.org\/es\/blog\/hunger-in-the-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"El hambre en los titulares"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This month we are looking at the complex and multifaceted nature of hunger.\u00a0 Here are some recent events, studies, and headlines worth noting:<\/span><\/p>

In the US, Covid-19 Recovery Measures will be repealed in March, and it will directly impact Americans\u2019 Food Budgets:\u00a0 <\/span>The temporary increase made to SNAP benefits are set to end nationwide after the February 2023 issuance<\/span><\/a>. This will hit many lower-income households with as much as <\/span>a $400\/month decrease in food stamps<\/b> starting in March 2023.\u00a0 <\/span>In Texas, it is anticipated that that will affect roughly 3.6 million households<\/span><\/a>, and will put an <\/span>increased burden on food banks and food-aid programs<\/b>. Meanwhile, these aid programs are already <\/span>struggling to keep up with increasing food prices<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Conflict, Natural Disasters and Climate Change continue to affect hunger and food supply. Most recently, we are seeing a desperate need for food in <\/span>the aftermath of the Turkey and Syria earthquake. With the death toll over 30,000<\/span><\/a>. It is anticipated that <\/span>millions will need emergency food assistance in the coming weeks and months.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

The combination of pandemic recovery, natural disasters and climate change are creating a <\/span>global food crisis<\/b> that\u2019s raising concern. Many respected agencies are predicting that in 2023, <\/span>the crisis in inflated food prices will turn into a food supply crisis<\/span><\/a>. Additionally, many countries are seeing a <\/span>huge increase in undernourishment<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

We\u2019ve known for some time that there is a <\/span>direct correlation between the rise in food costs and the direct negative effect that it has on hungry children<\/b>. <\/span>Stand Together for Nutrition\u2019s Micronutrient Forum<\/span><\/a> released some new findings at the end of 2022, showing \u201c<\/span>a 5% increase<\/b> in the real price of food will <\/span>increase the risk of wasting<\/b> [in vulnerable children] <\/span>by 9%.\u201d<\/b> Furthermore, they anticipate that \u201c<\/span>this crisis will affect the most vulnerable, particularly mothers and children who live in poor households and in rural communities<\/span><\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u00a0<\/span>The <\/span>U.N. World Food Program is shedding light on recent finding around women and hunger.<\/span><\/a> The UN introduced this observation of <\/span>women \u201ceating last and least<\/span><\/a>,\u201d raising concern that in areas where we are seeing disasters, women tend to disproportionately bear the brunt of hunger.<\/span> One contributing factor to this is that \u201c<\/span>Women are increasingly becoming primary breadwinners for their homes as climate change pushes men to migrate away to find work outside their towns and villages<\/span><\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Hunger is a challenging issue that many of the world\u2019s leading agencies are working to solve. Since the launch of the <\/span>Sustainable Development Goals<\/span><\/a> back in 2015, <\/span>we\u2019ve actually seen a steady increase in hunger<\/span><\/a>, largely attributed to the pandemic and disasters. From 2019-2021, we saw <\/span>hunger in Latin America jump by 30%.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 It begs the question, <\/span>had so many of us not been working on combatting hunger, how much worse would it have been?<\/b><\/p>

Just because a problem is complex and hard to solve doesn\u2019t mean it isn\u2019t worthy of our efforts and energy. As we lean in and work together, we can make a difference, <\/span>measured in the lives of each hungry child that receives food<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cIf you can\u2019t feed a hundred people, feed just one.\u201d<\/b> –<\/span>Mother Teresa<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Ways you can combat hunger today:<\/span><\/p>