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"The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth, there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world."- Federico Garcia Lorca. In todays world a very real problem is childhood hunger. Hunger is one of humanities oldest and most enduring social and economic plagues that is almost impossible to eradicate; but this problem is completely fixable through food production, livestock health, and making the public aware of food banks and things they can do to help in their own communities.

Childhood hunger is on a steady decline in most first world countries and even some third world countries, but this does not mean that it is not a pressing issue. With Poor nutrition of nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five, those children need someone to help them because they are too young to help themselves (Wfp.org, 2014). People everywhere can help by donating to local food charities, volunteering at family centers, or even going online and playing games to send food to children around the world. Local food charities are organizations that take donations of canned goods and money. The leading food charity is called “feeding America”. Feeding America helps end childhood hunger by making fresh and nutritious food available to low income families and communities through the spread of what they call kid cafés; which provide free meals to children in need (Feeding America, 2014). Kids café has 1,500 locations and have served over 122,000 children each year (Feeding America, 2014). It is so easy to become involved, even if you don’t want to leave your house. There are websites you can go on that donate food simply because you pl...

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