The video that heads this post is starring Pepe Sancho and is presented to celebrate World Food Day, as an action of the organization Action Against Hunger.
On October 16 this marked date is celebrated worldwide to claim a basic human right that does not seem to be applicable to about 850 million people. It is a right that is satisfied when "every man, woman, boy and girl, alone or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its acquisition." In a recreation of the final speech of 'The great dictator', the tyranny that causes severe malnutrition in children is denounced, to the point that 10,000 die every day due to lack of food. 'The dictatorship of hunger' prevents nine out of 10 malnourished children from accessing adequate treatments.
In the latest report published by FAO, State on Food Insecurity 2012, the Food Office of the United Nations announced a significant decrease of more than 130 million, in the number of people suffering from malnutrition in the world. So even though the hunger figures are scandalous, it seems that some progress has been made.
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Even so, the number of people still hungry is close to 850 million people; an inconceivable fact in a world full of resources, which should not lead to any celebration
The purpose of World Food Day, proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is to raise public awareness about the global food problem and strengthen solidarity in the fight against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The Day coincides with the founding date of FAO in 1945.
We have already seen that agricultural cooperatives focus on World Food Day 2012. This theme has been chosen due to the interest generated by these forms of community organization as a way to improve food security, and contribute to the eradication of hunger.
Here you have access to the FAO site with information on World Food Day
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