In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last a lifetime.
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Food banks, already strained, brace for prolonged demand
Even as SNAP benefits are restored, food banks and pantries around the nation continue to feel the strain with no reprieve in sight.
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As Israel turns its focus to Iran, the death toll mounts in Gaza — and hunger deepens
Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.
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Rhode Island congressmen fight for emergency food aid
Ever since the Trump Administration abruptly dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, emergency food supplies have been piling up at the North Kingstown warehouse of Edesia Nutrition. As of last week, Edesia had stockpiled more than 120,000 boxes of Plumpy’Nut, a specially formulated mixture of ground peanuts, powdered milk, sugar and oil created to […]
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Feeding the hungry will be harder than ever for the world’s largest food aid agency
The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as “unprecedented.”
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PHOTOS: How 9 families cope when they can’t afford 3 healthy meals a day for the kids
“Severe child food poverty” is on the rise, affecting 181 million young kids. Here’s how families cope when their kids are hungry and they can’t afford to put 3 nutritious meals a day on the table.
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Sudanese refugees fled to Chad with hope. What they found is a bitter irony
It is the world’s largest displacement crisis: 13 million people have fled their homes in war-torn Sudan. In neighboring Chad, both refugees and locals cope with this extraordinary upheaval.
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Are we doing better on child hunger? A sweeping UNICEF report weighs in
A new report shows that tens of millions of children around the world are not getting enough to eat. This leaves a staggering number of kids under five with diseases associated with malnutrition which often impair a child’s development and therefore their future prospects as well.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ politics/media roundup for May 1
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As always, I welcome your tips and comments, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. *** want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just send an email with the subject line ‘TGIF’ to idonnis (at) thepublicsradio (dot) […]
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Q&A: Food Bank CEO Andrew Schiff On Why Hunger Remains A Serious Problem In RI
Poor Rhode Island families are missing more than 11 million meals a year, according to a new report by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. In an interview, Food Bank CEO Andrew Schiff said people with full-time jobs are not earning enough money to provide for themselves and their families. “This has been the change […]
