Worldwide hunger:
45% of all child deaths worldwide are from causes related to undernutrition (World Health Organization, 2018).
Approximately 842 million people suffer from hunger worldwide. That’s almost 12% of the world’s population of 7.1 billion people.
Ninety-eight percent of those who suffer from hunger live in developing countries. 553 million live in the Asian and Pacific regions, while 227 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Latin America and the Caribbean account for 47 million.
Hunger is one of the world’s leading causes of death. In Haiti women bake mud into cookie shapes to help ease the pain of stomach cramps. When we talk about world hunger the focus is often solely on developing countries and we forget about the very people living directly around us. Parts of our own counties fall well below the poverty line and suffer from lack of food.
Pray for those who are hungry, pray that those who have the power and resource to reach these people may join together to end childhood hunger. Pray for those who will go to bed tonight hungry and those who feel overlooked. Pray that they may find hope.
"Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Matthew 25:34-40 NIV