Snacks and glints – hunger is peaking

NY Times article, so much food, so much hunger.

Despite the late Norman Borlaug’s accomplishments, “more people are hungry today than ever and that total should exceed one billion people this year for the first time, according to the United Nations.”

Time article, For the World’s Hungry, the Recession Is Far from Over

“In 2009, rich western governments have kept a tighter grip on their purse strings, leading to significant funding shortfalls for international organizations dependent on government contributions. The WFP, which currently targets 108 million people on the brink of starvation in 74 countries and is entirely funded through donation, has been one of the worst affected: At the beginning of the year, it tabled a 2009 budget of $6.7 billion. By September, it had received a little more than a third of what it solicited.”

The Guardian article, Almost 4 million Kenyans on food aid as drought deepens

“The devastating drought sweeping across Kenya is causing widespread hunger, thirst and, in the case of cattle, death. Pictures of hundreds of cow carcasses being tipped into a mass grave near Nairobi highlight the scale of the natural disaster – and the clumsy or even negligent efforts of the government to deal with it.”