Do you believe that the World Food Programme is doing their job?
414027
The World Food Programme, based in Rome, is underfunded and overstretched.  They have an office of Information on their web site which will give you copious amounts of information.  They are directly responsible for keeping the famines in Africa's Darfur region from being a complete genocide.  It is through their tireless effort that people who would otherwise starve have been saved in some of the most remote parts of the world, and during wars, natural disasters and other crises.  It is a tribute to their efforts that one has to mention how many of their workers have been hurt or killed trying to alleviate the suffering of others.  They are doing the best they can.  It is up to the world community to ante up the funding required to do their job properly.
639938
As a matter of fact, I am a member of a group that helps people.It's called people helping people in need.I will leave the link for my source.Other then that I love helping people and wish more people would help to end hunger and sufferage.
599817
We arnt giving billions of dollars of food to other countries... .who told you this lie? Maybe hundreds of thousands and possibly even millions... but comeon billions?
699781
They've distributed millions of vaccines and billions of dollars.  How can you say they've helped so few?  They deliver actual product to needy people, unlike our corrupt politicians, who tax us and then send money overseas to other corrupt politicians.\n\nGive some credit where some credit's due.  I admire the Gates for what they are doing with their wealth.  They have it set up so the vast majority of it will be given away over time.
421130
Yes. Help end world hunger. Check out www.thehungersite.com\n\nLet everyone you meet know about it.  It is FREE way to feed starving people all over the world.
498440
You have it all wrong.  The Bible is the cookbook.  You forget the saying about teaching a man to fish.  Jesus worshipping missionaries are taking it one step further.  If you teach a man to feed 1000 with 1 fish and turn saltwater to wine, you will never have food shortages.  They are doing wonderful work out there in the third world.
46917
hmmmm,They have this super computer and are pumping all the parameters of the earth into it. I was told it is classified but the results have been that if things stay on track, like the US being energy and polluting pigs, that we have less than 250 years untill there is very little life left on the planet, and animals can no longer live on the surface out in the open. The government which is basically controlled by the large corporations do not want this information public, they need us to continue to consume. Jim at www.xoffice.com
986292
I don't think we are doing a bad job as it is, we need to correct some of the mistakes our civilization has made, but the situation is by no means hopeless, quite the contrary, taking the long view, things are gradually getting better.
1034533
Query - have any of you read the book, or looked at the plan? It's clever, not perfect but at least it's something more than Sally Struthers standing there teary-eyed and saying "think of the children!"\n\nI'm inclined to think this plan is worth a shot. Yes, it'd be nice if Bono and Jolie would put their money where their mouths are, but it seems a far better use of tax dollars spent on foreign aid to render it through programs that actually do something rather than funnel it through dubious government entities that allow a great deal of siphoning off the top by corrupt leaders.\n\nOr we could just allow Malthusian processes to take care of it through war, famine and pestilence. Not that these don't impact us. Famine drives up the prices of crops. Pestilence, well, we now have HIV which may have been caught and contained far sooner if there was a public health infrastructure in place, and hemorrhagic fevers native to many of these regions are the stuff of nightmares. Then there's war, but I don't think I need to remind you how many situations the military has gotten into after the humanitarian portion of the mission collapsed. I think it's simply cheaper in the long-run to try to ameliorate poverty rather than deal with it's aftermath, but it's as much your tax money as it is mine, so we'll see the exit polls.
557468
That's not really the government's job, even though they have incorporated a completely new food "pyramid."  It's not a pyramid anymore really, it's just a triangle.  And there is a program called Healthy People 2010 to help encourage people to stay healthy and fit.
1067680
I think they are getting the message.The world will prbably have to bribe them a bit more
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http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X6541E/X6541E02.htm\n\ntry it....
1111451
No, I did not know that.\n\nAs a matter of fact, I believe your thesis is incorrect.  "There is enough / for everyone" as Midnight Oil's song goes.  Of course enough food is produced to end world hunger.  Yet hunger exists -- mostly because of corrupt governmental interference.\n\nMillions of Chinese starved in the so-called Great Leap Forward when Mao screwed his country's agricultural practices.  Hundreds of thousands (or millions) dead in Ethiopia, then Somalia, then North Korea.  Most availed themselves of corrupt governments that allowed their people to simply starve.  The western world has often made humanitarian attempts to help alleviate the suffering of people in those places.  Either the government refuses to acknowledge a problem (China, N Korea) or local militant forces / warlords (Somalia) take the resources for their own.\n\nThat's the way that goes.
381986
I dont think so. They mainly help the developed countries at the cost of developing ones. Though the developing countries do incur some profit like removal of restrictions on export etc. but in long term these organisations arent really useful for the developing nations
265400
i think they guys at customs loved it\ni think for food items they do need to do something with it we wouldn't want it to go to waste now, do we? i don't about other stuff like expensive things haha your guess is as good as mine
1002208
Yes.  More Government Food Stamps.  :)
140643
I would have to say no. A lot of the things they do are there to help us, and a lot do. But then there are a lot of things that don't. We need a change in this country. A reform. Maybe a revolution. The corrupted needs to be cleaned up.