Though is nothing funny about going hungry. The World Food Programme hosted a competition calling for creatives to shoot videos related to the topic. The one that receives the most views by October 16th — World Food Day — will get to document one of the WFP’s relief operations in Asia, Africa, or Latin America. The five finalist videos, all a minute or less long, range from light to intense in tone, and all deliver important messages on the topic. And, if you think solving the world’s hunger problem is too costly consider this: according to Jimena Gamio’s video, it would cost $3 billion. This morning Congress signed a bailout bill for $700 billion.


Lauren Friday, 10.10.08 @ 11:25 am

That’s a great competition that will hopefully raise awareness about the current food crisis. Did you know that hunger and malnutrition kill more people in the world than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined? It’s amazing how bad our food crisis has gotten.

Another great and easy way to help is to support the nonprofit, International Medical Corp. They’re in the running to get $1.5 million in funding from American Express, but it depends on how many votes that can get from us!

They have an amazing program, “Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children” - a treatment that saves more than 90 percent of children being treated in their feeding centers worldwide.

Voting ends Oct 13, so hurry and vote! http://internationalmedicalcorps.smnr.us/




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