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If two children have just one snack for lunch, will they share it? Humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger has launched a new viral video, the Sharing Experiment, to find out if sharing is an instinct.
The Sharing Experiment divides 20 children into pairs. One child is given a snack and the other is given an empty plate. Each child then decides whether or not to share their food while being filmed by a hidden camera.
The Sharing Experiment highlights that in a world of plenty, the fight against child hunger would be much easier if we all shared a little more.
Action Against Hunger-UK’s Executive Director, Jean Michel Grand, says: “The world produces more than enough food to feed everyone, yet 3.5 million children still die from malnutrition-related causes every year. The power of sharing is helping our teams to save children’s lives every day and we believe that everyone can learn something from the Sharing Experiment.”
To view the Sharing Experiment and find out what happened, visit www.sharingexperiment.org
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About the Sharing Experiment:
In October 2011, Action Against Hunger conducted an experiment with 20 children in Madrid to find out if sharing is natural. The Sharing Experiment aims to broaden awareness and understanding of malnutrition and generate support for prioritising child malnutrition, a condition that, as the video shows, we’re all predisposed to solving.
About Action Against Hunger:
Action Against Hunger | ACF International is an international humanitarian organisation committed to ending child hunger. Recognised as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, ACF works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with sustainable access to safe water and long-term solutions to hunger.
