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Millions forced to skip meals as UK cost of living crisis deepens

More people – including children – going hungry than during first weeks of Covid lockdown, new data shows

The Guardian - UK

Somalia famine: what has caused the worst drought in 40 years and how to donate

More than half of children aged under five in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition

Evening Standard

‘I feel trapped’: The mothers going without food so their children can eat

Feed the Future: ‘My body has got used to it but mentally it’s traumatic,’ one mother tells David Cohen

The Independent UK

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3 Mln Children in Sudan Suffer from Malnutrition

International organizations said that about three million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished, of which 650,000 suffer from severe acute malnutrition and need care. These children are mainly in Darfur and Kordofan states in western Sudan and the Red Sea region, east of the country. These areas have witnessed armed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Enough to feed a family of four’: Kenyans embrace urban farming as food worries rise

Facing supply shortages, price hikes and the prevalent use of dangerous pesticides, city-dwellers are turning to homegrown food

The Guardian - UK

Famine should not exist in 2022, yet Somalia faces its worst yet. Wealthy countries, pay your dues

More than a quarter of a million people died of hunger in Somalia in 2011 – half of them children younger than five. The situation in Somalia in the coming months could be a great deal worse, despite global commitments to never let the 2011 famine happen again.

The Conversation

Inflation and inadequate welfare fuelling Australia’s food insecurity crisis, Foodbank finds

The charity’s annual Hunger Report estimates about 500,000 households on any given day struggle with getting enough to eat

The Guardian - AU

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UK food banks at breaking point urge Liz Truss to boost aid to poorest

As cost of living crisis bites, 3,000 volunteers across several organisations sign letter of warning to the prime minister

The Guardian - UK

India slips in Global Hunger Index, ranks 107 out of 121 nations

India has seen impressive economic growth in recent decades but it fares poorly on UN human development indices.

Al Jazeera

New report: A record 4.7 million Haitians face acute hunger

A new analysis says a record 4.7 million people in Haiti are facing acute hunger, including 19,000 in catastrophic famine conditions for the first time, all in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital of Port-Au-Prince

The Independent UK

US sending ‘elite’ disaster response team to Haiti amid calls for help

MIAMI — The U.S. Agency for International Development is deploying an elite disaster response team to Haiti “as insecurity, gang violence, and the humanitarian situation worsens” throughout the Caribbean nation, a U.S. official told McClatchy and the Miami Herald on Friday.

Miami Herald

Somalia: The curse of famine

In the past few decades, Somalia’s droughts have increased both in intensity and in number due to climate change. It is now facing a famine that threatens the lives of millions of people, especially children. The United Nations says there are staggering levels of malnutrition among children under the age…

France 24

Scots need to pull together to avert food crisis as we face unprecedented levels of starvation

Record View says we have no adequate strategy to deal with the food crisis that will hit thousands of homes.

Daily Record

Sadiq Khan: 'Free school meals meant I never went hungry - we must feed our poorest kids'

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan writes in the Mirror about how we must protect our country's poorest kids by providing free school meals so they can thrive

Daily Mirror

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Chicago Sun-Times

We can end hunger for all our neighbors

The nutrition safety net has strengthened in the 50 years since the White House last hosted a conference on hunger, particularly with USDA nutrition assistance programs.

Reuters

U.S. scrambles $60mln to aid struggling families in Tunisia

The United States is sending $60 million in "rapid assistance" to help struggling Tunisian families amid ongoing economic shocks that have plagued the North African nation and been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Portugal's charities struggle to cope with homelessness surge

Six months ago, Jose Moreno found himself without a roof over his head. Now wandering the streets of Lisbon, the 48-year-old said soaring food prices were making his life even tougher.

Edinburgh Live

Heartbroken staff at Edinburgh food bank warns they 'can't keep up with demand'

Now the service is desperate for donations and funds, and are collecting Christmas presents as this year many parents will be unable to afford gifts for their children.

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The Texas Tribune

“An inverse tsunami”: How inflation and drought are making it harder to feed West Texans in need

Food banks across Texas are now struggling to keep up with growing demand even more than they were during the pandemic.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan Schools Crisis Threatens Grim Future for Children

It's the start of a new school term in Sudan, yet nine-year-old Zahra Hussein stays home helping with household chores, forced to drop out as her family's money grows ever tighter. Zahra quit primary school a year ago after she had just started third grade in a rundown school building…

Daily Record

Rangers and Liverpool fans unite to deliver food bank goods to needy families

Fans Supporting Foodbanks and trade union Unite organised the donations to help support city residents suffering food poverty.

The Independent UK

UN: 75% of 6 million Venezuelan migrants go unfed, unhoused

The United Nations says almost three-quarters of the 6 million Venezuelan migrants currently in Latin America lack adequate food, shelter, employment or medical care

Glasgow Live

Liverpool fans to bring food bank donations with them to Ibrox for Glasgow pantries

Football Fans Supporting Foodbanks has teamed with Unite the union ahead of tonight's Champions League match at Ibrox to bring together food for those in need across Glasgow.

Reuters

Chad climate disaster leaves record 2.1 million people hungry

Severe drought followed by the worst floods in 30 years have led to rocketing food prices and left a record 2.1 million people in Chad acutely hungry, according to United Nations agencies.

The Independent UK

Charities call on government to urgently increase number of free school meals

Feed the Future: Organisations partnering with The Independent’s Feed the Future campaign call for meals to be extended to all children in poverty

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