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Climate, nutrition, gender equality...there are many sides to global hunger and, while none of them is hard to understand by itself, it's helpful to look at them one by one. Here are eight short videos that help you do that.
ROME -- The World Food Programme, like several of the organizations who made these videos, is working for a world with zero hunger. By watching them, and educating yourself about hunger, you are taking an important step towards joining that global effort.
1. Hunger isn't just a stomach thing - World VisionThis video explains malnutrition in easy terms and shows the effects it can have on children's health. It emerges clearly that children don't just need food - they also need it to be the right food. View video
2. What is Food Insecurity? - Thomson Reuters Foundation
This neat video by the Thomson Reuters Foundation explains what we mean exactly by 'food security' - a term that crops up frequently in discussions about hunger and how to tackle it. View video
3. Five Hunger Myths - Capac Roberts/AlertNet
There are many misconceptions on the subject of hunger and this short video blasts five of the most common. Is there enough food to feed the world? Do famines always happen in Africs? Find out here. View video
4. Why Women Matter - USAID
Women are often portrayed as being victims of hunger. And frequently they are. But more importantly they are a critical part of the solution. This video from USAID powerfully makes the case that empowering women will help beat hunger. View video
5. Ending Deadly Hunger For Good - Action Against HungerHow close are we to ending deadly hunger? This video argues that we're not far off, given some of the innovations that have been made recently in the area of special foods for children who are vulnerable to malnutrition. View video
6. The First 1,000 Days Of Life Are Critical - UNICEF UK
As the title suggests, the first 1,000 days of a child's life are incredibly important. They are crucial in determining the future health and prospects of that child. This video from Unicef UK makes it all very clear. View video
7. Hunger, Nutritrion and Climate Change - IrishAid
The close links between climate change and world hunger are explored in an engaging way in this animated video made for last year's Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice conference in Dublin. View video
8. Working for Zero Hunger - World Food ProgrammeThere's enough food in the world to feed every man, woman and child. So a world with zero hunger is within reach. In fact, it's what WFP, along with many other partners, is working for. This video explains how we're going about it. View video
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