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Afghanistan's depleted dining rugs are a reminder of hunger and loss

2:51pm July 08, 2022

As members of the middle class have fallen into poverty in the wake of the Taliban takeover, families are no longer able to serve sumptuous repasts on their traditional dining rugs.

Volunteers unload food aid in Chena, Ethiopia, one of many parts of the world where conflict has fueled hunger.

Ukraine crisis raises question: Does food aid go equally to 'Black and white lives'?

5:52pm April 18, 2022

by Nurith Aizenman

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.

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Study shows link between food insecurity and higher infant mortality in N.C.

10:26am February 04, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

A new study indicates there may be a link between food insecurity and higher infant mortality rates in North Carolina.

Two of the children who came for a meal at a soup kitchen in Caracas run by the charity Alimenta la Solidaridad. It serves about 100 people and operates Monday through Friday.

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Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat

6:29pm January 11, 2022

by John Otis

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

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For many Afghans, winter is forcing a cruel choice of whether to eat or stay warm

4:05pm January 06, 2022

by Hannah Bloch

"It shouldn't be a lottery of life about who gets to eat, who doesn't get to eat. Do I keep my child warm or do I give my child food?" a World Food Programme Afghanistan spokesperson tells NPR.

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NC Food And Nutrition Services Benefits Will Increase 25%

10:22am September 27, 2021

by Neal Charnoff

Households enrolled in North Carolina's Food and Nutrition Services program are about to see an increase in their benefits.

A child tax credit poster is displayed during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on July 15. Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments went out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropp

The New Child Tax Credit Brings A Drop In Households Reporting Hunger

2:01pm August 13, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments started going out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped.

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Guilford County Food Drive Starts This Weekend

4:50pm February 04, 2021

by Eddie Garcia

Guilford County is partnering with community groups to help address food insecurity in the area with a new meal distribution program.

Shaista sits in her tiny home on the outskirts of Kabul. Her youngest, a 3-year-old girl, sits on her lap; some of her other seven children sit beside her. Behind them, she is boiling a pot of water on the wood-burning stove. But she's told the children i

'I Cry At Night': Afghan Mothers Struggle To Feed Their Children In The Pandemic

1:43pm January 06, 2021

by Diaa Hadid

The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.

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In 2019, 39.3% of people in Central America and 28.5% of people in South America reported moderate-to-severe food insecurity.

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Latin America Is Facing A Hunger Pandemic

11:13am December 09, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

A new report describes a region where hunger and malnutrition are sharply increasing — and only likely to get worse as COVID-19 pushes more people into poverty.