You Have the Power to Make a Difference

Maybe you are sitting there wondering, "What possibly can I do to help end world hunger? There are 1 billion hungry people in the world and I am only one person.  Surely there is nothing I can do that will really help."  Here are some simple steps that you can take right now, all of which bring us one step closer to eradicating world hunger.

• Advocate for food security as a basic human right.
• Go here and take the Hunger Quiz to test your knowledge about world hunger and the World Food Programme.
• Write a letter to the editor of your local news paper sharing how you feel about world hunger and explain just how much it matters that the United States get involved and join the fight.
• Write a letter to your representative, demanding that our country be involved in and committed to finding solutions to world hunger.  Encourage our government to invest in grassroots programs that promote micro-finance solutions and sustainable agriculture.
• Support micro-finance solutions by going to kiva.org, learn about the program, make a small loan to a entrepreneur, and empower a woman to raise herself and her family out of poverty.
• Buy Fair Trade products such as coffee, clothing, and home decor.
• Eat less meat.  Each pound of meat requires 16 pounds of grains.
• Become a Facebook fan for the World Food Programme (WFP).
• Tweet hunger facts.
• Play FreeRice.com.  Sponsors donate 10 grains of rice for each correct answer on this educational sight.  Have fun.  Learn something.  Feed the world.
• Make a meal for only $1.  Invite someone over and explain that the meal that only cost $1 is the reality for many people across the globe on a daily basis.
• Visit On the Road, watch the videos, and learn what the WFP is doing to fight world hunger. 

SOURCES:
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090601/ten_things
http://www.wfp.org/stories/10-things-you-can-do-world-food-day