Celebrating #WorldFoodDay: Our actions are our future

World Food Day is celebrated each year on 16 October to promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all.

World Food Day is celebrated widely with great enthusiasm by several other organizations which are concerned with food security such as the #InternationalFundforAgriculturalDevelopment, the #WorldFoodProgram, and others.

870 million people, one in nine worldwide, live with chronic hunger and 60% of the people around the world who are hungry are women. The vast majority of those gravely affected by hunger are people living in poor countries.

Every year, almost 5 million children aged 5 and below die of causes related to malnutrition and 4 in 10 children coming from severely deprived countries are malnourished, which has damaged their bodies and brains.

Each and every one of us can take part in this event. Not only will we able to contribute to the fight against hunger, we can also apply all the experiences and lessons we gain and learn from WFD in our daily living.

Search for events and activities in your local community, town or country and pick one or more events or activities that you can participate in. You can attend conferences, seminars and exhibitions held by government agencies, charities, schools, universities and other organizations about hunger. You can also take part in fundraising activities for the eradication of hunger.

Additionally, there are some organizations that prepare food packages to be delivered to areas in your town or even in other countries where food is very scarce. Give at least an hour or two of your time to help people prepare these food packages.

Nobody in this world deserves to live a life of hunger. When people do not eat, they become extremely unhealthy. Hungry people have trouble learning things, struggle with making themselves more productive each day, are frequently ill and have low life expectancy.

Hunger is something that must not be neglected and it can happen to virtually anyone, anywhere – even in the richest countries. Bringing an end to hunger not only saves lives, it can help society as a whole.

Every human being on the planet has the right to be free from hunger and the right to have sufficient food on their plates – three times a day – every day.

Getting there is going to be easier with each of us becoming more informed about ways we can contribute towards a solution. Here are a few tiny acts that can have mighty results on reaching that goal. Zero hunger means working together to ensure everyone, everywhere, has access to the safe, healthy and nutritious food they need.

This year’s theme motto: Our actions are our future, creating a zero waste and #zerohunger world by 2030 is no small task but possible with small changes we all can make. To achieve it, we must adopt a more sustainable lifestyle, work with others, share our knowledge and be willing to help change the world – for the better.