Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Poverty and Economic Indicators
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twelve data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine global poverty and economic factors that contribute to poverty. They look at infant mortality,...
Other
Sos Children's Villages: Hunger in Africa
Hunger Crises are escalating at several hot spots: Nigeria, Yemen, South Sudan, and Somalia. These areas are suffering starvation and famine as a result of armed conflict, droughts, or torrential rains which destroys crops and kills...
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: Programs That Aim to Feed the Hungry
Many people in America and the rest of the world are currently struggling to have enough to eat. Learn about the hunger crisis, view a map of the world hunger problem and read about the work being done to help those in need.
World Food Programme
Un World Food Program:the Hunger Map
Are you studying about hunger in the world? This interactive world map with targets on 'hunger hot spots' and factual text is an excellent resource!
United Nations
United Nations: Millennium Development Goals and Beyond
Learn the eight goals that the United Nations had set forth for the Millennium and read about how we have been doing. There is also a link to a new site where the UN has set seventeen new goals for 2016 and beyond.
BBC
Bbc News: Africa's Economy: Poverty
Provides an overview of the issue of poverty in Africa. Four maps show the levels of poverty, debt, aid, and trade for each country in Africa.
World Food Programme
Free Rice
This vocabulary and grammar site provides free quizzes. The site will donate grains of rice to the World Hunger Programme for each correct answer.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: What Are Our Nation's Priorities Regarding Hunger?
Identify government funded food programs in the community. Young scholars will consider facts about monies funded to support food for children in the United States and evaluate the ethics in organizations that give prizes to support...
BBC
Bbc: The Un and World Poverty
This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Health and the Environment
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-three data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine health issues and how the environment impacts health in areas around the globe. They look at a...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Why Some Countries Are Poor and Others Rich
The School of Life helps to explain why some countries prosper and others stagnate.
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Action Against Hunger: Acf Usa
Non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to saving lives by "eliminating hunger through prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster".
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic: A Developing World
CIDA, in partnership with Canadian Geographic, have created a resource which allows students to investigate the quality of life in over 200 countries by examining various Human Development Index indicators. Students may search by...
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Operation Blessing Relief and Development Corporation
International relief and development organization that strives to combat hunger, deprivation and physical affliction for those in need.
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
The FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. They help developing countries to improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: October 16th Is World Food Day
Around the world, 870 million people do not have enough to eat, according to the U.N. World Food Program. Use this PBS NewsHour Extra lesson plan to help students understand the global food crisis. Support materials are provided.
eSchool Today
E School Today: World Poverty
Understand the meaning of poverty, and how widespread poverty affects communities across the world.
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Feeding America
At the online home of one of the largest hunger-relief agencies in America, find extensive reporting and analysis of the problem of hunger in the United States, along with information about its network of food banks, a quiz to test...
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Global Citizen Corps
This youth organization is committed to fighting global poverty. The site requires registration in order to access the tools it provides for young people wanting to make a difference. But there is plenty of information on issues such as...
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Columbus: Empty Bowls
In this project, participants create ceramic bowls then serve a simple meal of soup and bread. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and to keep as a reminder that there are always "empty bowls" in the world. In exchange for a meal and...
Other
Children's Hunger Relief Fund
Non-profit organization dedicated to feeding the impoverished and hungry children across the globe.
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Ima World Health
This is the homepage of the IMA World Health, whose mission is to provide essential products and services for emergency, health and development programs of interest to members, which serve people in need without regard to ethnicity,...
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Church World Service
Church World Service is the relief, development, and refugee assistance organization that works worldwide to meet human needs and foster self-reliance.
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Ird: International Relief and Development
IRD's mission is to provide tools and resources to impoverished countries to reduce their suffering and to increase their self-sufficiency.