More than 700 million people are afflicted by the terrible global hunger crisis, the president of the UN food organisation said, and they continue to be unclear about where they will eat next.
The World Food Programme estimates that 783 million people, or one in ten of the world’s population, must go to bed hungry every night based on data from 79 countries where the Rome-based organisation has been active.
According to the organisation, this year, more than 345 million individuals—an rise from the 200 million people who had severe food insecurity in early 2021 before the pandemic—are being forced to deal with this issue.
“We are now living with a series of concurrent and long-term crises that will continue to fuel global humanitarian needs. This is the humanitarian community’s new reality — our new normal — and we will be dealing with the fallout for years to come,” she averred.
The director of the World Food Programme (WFP), who is also the wife of the late US senator John McCain, disclosed that according to the organization’s estimations, some 47 million people in more than 50 countries are in danger of going hungry. Around 45 million children under the age of five who are now suffering from acute malnutrition are also included in the grim research.
“Our collective challenge is to ramp up the ambitious, multi-sectoral partnerships that will enable us to tackle hunger and poverty effectively, and reduce humanitarian needs over the long term,” mentioned McCain.
According to AP, Michael Miebach, CEO of Mastercard, stated to the council that “humanitarian relief has long been the domain of government” and that the private sector and development organisations are thought of as sources of financial donations for supplies.
“Money is still important, but companies can offer so much more. The private sector stands ready to tackle the challenges at hand in partnership with the public sector,” he added.
Miebach laid focus on the fact that “business cannot succeed in a failing world” and fellow citizens are impacted by humanitarian crises in the world.
