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Hunger is a global problem. Aid organizatios and news providers have
taken to the World Wide Web to communicate solutions and publish
issues for a global audience.

International Organizations

World Food Program
A branch of the United Nations, the WFP is one of the most influential
non-governmental organizations in the global war on hunger.
It is funded by U.N. member governments and provided food for almost
100 million people in 2005.

Food and Agriculture Organization

This U.N. agency doesn't provide food directly to hungry people. Instead,
the FAO acts as a forum for international food policy debate and provides
information and training to governments in need of agricultural growth.

World Health Organization

The WHO is the U.N. organization charged with making people across
the world healthy. Because malnourishment is such a large component
in many global health problems, the WHO is involved in ensuring
people around the world eat right and eat enough.

Non-governmental Aid Groups

Oxfam
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief, commonly called Oxfam, is an
international group of aid agencies working to promote sustainable
development, social justice, and human rights.

HungerWeb
HungerWeb is for researchers, educators, policy influencers, operations
personnel, other professionals and students using the Internet to help find
solutions to hunger at the global, national, community and household level.

Bread for the World
This organization is a Christian group that seeks to feed hungry people
and spread the word of Jesus Christ in the process.

News

BBC Africa Hunger
A comprehensive collection of features and stories about hunger and poverty
in Africa from the British Broadcasting Corp.

IRIN
A U.N. news service that collects stories about global humanitarian operations
and publishes them on the Web.

Guardian Unlimited: Food
A special report from the British newspaper's online edition that features
food-related issues and stories from around the world.







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