When Was The Last Time You Ate?

In the past people starved to death, because there was no food to eat
Nowadays, people starve to death when there is food in front of their eyes, but they do not have the money to pay for it!
Today, more than 1.2 billion people across the world are hungry.

Because Of Hunger
*Over 9 million people die worldwide every year; almost 5 million of them are children.
*Some people are forced to eat biscuits made of mud simply to alleviate hunger pain.
*Sex for food has become very common.
*The local dump becomes a food store as poor people has nowhere else to go for their food.
*People hurt each other toget a miserable loaf of bread,
*People fight to get a little bit of food aid for their children.
*Parent sell one of their children to feed the rest.


Why Hunger?
The causes of hunger are numerous. Some of them are:
*Corruption and selfishness
*Poverty
*War
*Famine

Who Is The Hungriest?
*Twenty-three children die every minute from malnutrition.
*Million of families that live below the poverty line struggle to eat anything at all. "in Europe alone, More than 165 million people live below the poverty line."


How To Face Hunger?
*You can end someone's hunger simply by:
*Sharing food with your needy relatives and neighbours by inviting them to your home or sending them some of your food.
*Making food bags and distributing them every months; you can do this, even with only one needy family which is a good idea to alleviate hunger in yoiur street.
*Making a Mercy Table where food is prepared and offered to the needy for free; exactly as we do in Ramadan. It could be a continual habit throughout the year as a way to face hunger in your city.
*Help set up, organize, or help out at a soup kitchen; in where you and a group of volunteers can prepare hot meals and other food stuffs for the needy and poor people to eat.
*And, to face hunger in your city, helping out in a food bank is another brilliant idea. The idea of the food bank is to overcome hunger through accepting monetary, material and moral support from different organizations and individuals to supply appropriate food to the needy on a continuous basis.
*Donating the reputable global charitable organizations is a recommended way to face global hunger.

Source: Islam Online