May 3, 2013:
Street kids and children of the urban poor rely on "fast food" around the world -- now one program in Indonesia looks to turn that into a source of good nutrition.
Apr 26, 2013:
Many women are learning new trades ... and becoming the builders of a new Haiti.
Apr 19, 2013:
Every year, volunteers make the work of food banks possible. Watch this inspirational video.
Mar 13, 2013:
An innovative new film examines the power of education to change the lives of young women and the world around them.
Mar 8, 2013:
Girls living in poverty are uniquely capable of creating a better future for themselves, their families, their communities, and the world. It's no big deal. Just the future of humanity.
Mar 7, 2012:
"I can't think of any issue that is more important than working to see that no schoolchild in this world goes hungry." -- Drew Barrymore
Feb 21, 2012:
Can Jose Graziano da Silva, a Brazilian agronomist and writer who is the new head of the UN's food agency, secure greater commitment from governments to feed one billion hungry people around the world?
Feb 21, 2012:
Sesame Street's Growing Hope Against Hunger raises awareness of the widespread issue of hunger in the United States.
Dec 22, 2011:
Lack of clear vision holds back many people in this country and around the world. Take a minute to recycle used or unwanted eyeglasses to help others.
Dec 12, 2011:
An excellent reminder in less than a minute about how you can help someone. Share this video with all your friends!
Dec 1, 2011:
As announced on World Aids Day 2011, the goal is "Getting to Zero" -- zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS deaths by 2015.
Nov 30, 2011:
Enjoy this beautiful explanation about how fair trade helps us all.
Nov 21, 2011:
In the past year the Oregon Food Bank has seen a surge in families requesting need. As jobs evaporate, healthcare costs rise, and the housing market slumps more and more families are struggling to make ends meet.
Nov 13, 2011:
Did you know Bhutan is the only country on the planet to measure Gross National Happiness? Join Ben as he & a team of filmmakers undertake a 50-day journey documenting the story of four endurance athletes as they make an unprecedented border-to-border crossing of Bhutan by foot and by bike.
Nov 8, 2011:
Whether you call New York City "The Big Apple", "The City that Never Sleeps", "The Center of the Universe", or just "Home" it's hard to argue that New York is dynamic, energetic, and incredible. The variety of people that live there, sights, sounds, smells, it all combines to make it a city beyond compare.
Oct 21, 2011:
This month Sesame Street introduced their newest Muppet this month, 7 year-old Lily. Her Magenta skin and red dreadlocks are typical Muppet but she's a character struggling with food insecurity. In short, she and her family are hungry.
Oct 19, 2011:
Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis. It's a crisis because it only starts with water -- but water affects everything in life.
Sep 20, 2011:
Taye Diggs speaks out on behalf of the 1 in 6 Americans who will go to bed hungry tonight. Do your part, click on the Hunger Site every day to help provide food for people in need.
Sep 16, 2011:
A troubled economy, a terrible housing market, and jobs that are drying up have led to the highest poverty rate in America in over 30 years. Here we meet Ken Bargy, just another American trying to make ends meet in an increasingly rough economy.
Sep 14, 2011:
Watch as Ben Affleck turns his doe-eyes and 5 o'clock shadow to the plight of hunger in America. Where even people who work hard all day and earn a paycheck might not have enough to give their family healthy food.
Sep 8, 2011:
Every year Yusef Ramelize -- a graphic designer -- chooses to go homeless in the Big Apple for one week every year to bring attention to the growing numbers of homeless people in the America.
Sep 1, 2011:
Hunger isn't just something that happens in far off countries or to people too lazy to work. It happens to your friends and neighbors, to the people who are working hard but, after all the bills are paid, still don't have enough to put healthy food on the table.
Aug 31, 2011:
While this may not be an easy video to watch it is an important video to watch. Over one billion people around the world live on less than $1 which means they don't have access to food, healthcare, or even, in many cases, clean water.
Aug 18, 2011:
As the crisis in Eastern Africa grows it becomes more and more clear that it is the children who are hardest hit. Over 400,000 children are in imminent danger of dying from malnutrition and, with the famine expected to drag on till after the first of the year, many thousands more beyond that.
Jul 6, 2011:
The worst drought in 60 years reaches crisis proportions in the Horn of Africa.Even with refugee camps in place to accommodate people displaced by extreme climate change, aid agencies are finding themselves overwhelmed.
Jul 5, 2011:
Sometimes the hunger problem is not solved with food production but instead with improved food distribution. In a region where hunger and poverty are endemic, it is still possible for food resources to go to waste.
Jun 20, 2011:
A portrait of a city on the edge: Chicago, the "City of Big Shoulders," faces big problems. Close to 45% of the population struggles near the poverty line. With jobs hard to come by and food banks running low, what does the future hold?
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