How do we solve the problem of world
hunger? We have talked about some of the causes and effects of world hunger.
Let’s review them. Hunger is a cause of instability within societies. In order
to feed themselves and their families, people will fight each other, steal from
one another and even kill their neighbors just to get some food to survive. In
addition to destabilizing regions, war is a main cause of mass migrations and
refugee crisis. A lack of food may cause people to not have enough nutrition,
and not having enough nutrition may cause disease. Thus, people will die and
the disease may cross boarders to other countries. Therefore, one country’s
problem suddenly becomes another country’s problem as in the case of hundreds
of thousands of refugees going to Germany because they have no food and are
running away from war in Syria. How can we solve these problems? First of all,
we need to put a stop to all war. Buying food and distributing it to starving
people is only a short term solution. We also require to help local people
produce their own food locally. Thus, we can prevent the donated money from
being wasted. In addition, we must establish real economic equality locally and
internationally. We can prevent the environment form being destroyed by sorting
our garbage and recycling. If we don’t damage the lands, the land will stay
fertile and the speed of the climate change will slow down. We can also have
activities such as such as a university fast wherein students go one or more
days without eating food. Stop eating for a while for more of an understanding
of what half the world’s population now experience due to starvation and world
hunger. We can become volunteers raising money and helping others to understand
that world hunger doesn’t just affect those who are hungry, it affects us all.
Therefore, this is a problem that we as global citizens must work together
solve before it’s too late.
