US to spend $1 billion on food aid abroad amid global hunger crisis
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development will distribute $1 billion in U.S. commodities to countries with high hunger rates, the agencies…
Belleville Police Department Teams Up with Shoprite to Combat Hunger
Belleville, NJ — Earlier today, officers from the Belleville Police Department took a break from their usual duties to participate in Shoprite’s Help Bag Hunger campaign. In an effort to raise awareness…
In a warming world, hunger stalks Guatemala’s Mayan highlands
By Cassandra Garrison EL AGUACATE, Guatemala (Reuters) – A few tortillas and a half bowl of reheated beans were all Maria Concepcion Rodriguez had to feed her six children in the isolated…
Fleeing bombs and death, Karabakh Armenians recount visceral fear and hunger
By Felix Light GORIS, Armenia (Reuters) – After the village was bombed so hard there was no way to bury the truckloads of dead, he fled with his family and stuffed whatever…
Egg Harbor Township Police Help Raise $810 for Hunger Relief During Annual Event
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Egg Harbor Township Police Department (EHTPD) took part in ShopRite of English Creek’s annual “Help Bag Hunger Day” event on Friday, Sept. 22, contributing to the…
Global hunger worse today than in 2015, imperiling UN goals -report
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far off track in its…
Bahrain prisoners suspend hunger strike as crown prince heads to Washington
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) – Hundreds of political prisoners in Bahrain suspended a hunger strike after the government promised to improve prison conditions, rights groups said, as the Gulf state’s…
Bahrain political prisoners reject government offer, extend hunger strike
By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI (Reuters) – Political prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain have rebuffed government concessions and will extend their protest, raising the stakes in the biggest showdown for years…
Jailed US resident excluded from Iran hostage deal begins hunger strike, his son says
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. permanent resident detained in Iran since 2016 has begun a hunger strike in protest of his exclusion from last week’s deal…
New Jersey to add hunger ‘911’ emergency phone line
TRENTON, NJ – Hunger relief could be a phone call away for many in New Jersey in the near future. A bill introduced in New Jersey aims to establish a toll-free food…
US food aid could shrink under debt ceiling deal, hunger groups warn
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Changes to the largest U.S. food aid program in the debt deal passed by Congress this week could force hundreds of thousands of older Americans off…
Iran releases emaciated dissident after long hunger strike – judiciary
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Friday released hunger-striking jailed dissident Farhad Meysami, the Iranian judiciary said, a week after supporters had warned that he risked dying for protesting against the compulsory wearing…
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison – rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities’ refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist HRANA news…
Jailed Iranian American appeals to Biden, starts hunger strike
By Arshad Mohammed (Reuters) – An Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for more than seven years on spying charges that the United States rejects as baseless appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden…
U.S. doing all it can for release of hunger striker in Egypt – security adviser
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The United States is doing “everything it can” to secure the release of Egytian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt and President Joe Biden raised the…
SPB Hospitality Partners with No Kid Hungry to Help End Child Hunger
All SPB Hospitality brands to host fundraisers throughout September that will go towards the critical resources that hungry children need Houston, TX (-) SPB Hospitality is teaming up with No Kid Hungry…
Mexican Inspired Restaurant on a Mission to End World Hunger Opens in Cary, NC
The new franchise restaurant serving feel-good food with a feel-good purpose is opening its doors in Cary’s popular Parkside Town Commons on September 29 Cary, NC (-) Zambrero, is opening a new…
US Foods Hunger Action Month Efforts Raise More Than 240,000 Meals for Those Struggling with Food Insecurity
Campaign supports company’s continued commitment to supporting local communities in need following its $200,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid Western wildfires and Hurricane Ida relief efforts Rosemont, IL (-) …
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken To Become GiftAMeal’s Largest Restaurant Partner, Feeding Families Facing Hunger in 12 States
Shalimar, FL (-) With a growing number of Americans relying on local food banks for help in finding their next meal, Lee’s Famous Recipe® Chicken will join GiftAMeal as the app’s largest…
In an empty kitchen, Yemeni family struggles with hunger
By Khaled Abdullah and Abdulrahman al-Anisi SANAA (Reuters) – In a bare kitchen in her house in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Umm Zakaria al-Sharaabi prepares for a daily challenge – creating a…
Inflation, spending cuts undermine Biden’s hunger policy
By Christopher Walljasper CHICAGO (Reuters) – Grace Melt made her first visit to the Nourishing Hope food pantry on Chicago’s North Side in August. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, she used food stamps…
Nearly 1 million people face starvation in hunger hotspots – U.N. agencies
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as…
Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike following release deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh ended a hunger strike lasting over 160 days on Wednesday after Israel agreed to his release in October, his lawyer said. Awawdeh, 40, launched the…
White House to host health summit on Sept 28 in bid to end U.S. hunger, boost nutrition
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said it will hold a summit aimed to address issues around U.S. hunger, nutrition and health on Sept. 28 in Washington, D.C. U.S.…
World faces unprecedented global hunger crisis, U.N. chief says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – There is a “real risk” of multiple famines this year, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday and urged ministers meeting on food security to take…
No end to Ukraine war in sight, hunger crisis looms – UN
GENEVA -United Nations officials warned on Friday that a protracted war in Ukraine threatened a hunger crisis in the country and around the world. Marking 100 days since Russia invaded its neighbour,…
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