The Hunger Of Hunger By Penelope Cruz - 823 Words

Jacqueline March Dupont Challenge Agriscience January 26, 2015 Fighting Hunger As Penelope Cruz stated, â€Å"We need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping.† At this moment there are approximately 842 million people worldwide that are hungry. This is about 1 of every 8th person you see. That’s over 2.5 times the population of the United States. In 2012, more than 18,000 children younger than 5 died every day; most from preventable causes. It’s estimated that nearly 8,000 of these deaths were tied to hunger. That’s about one every 10 seconds. Most of these kids died not from starvation, but from malnutrition. Malnutrition means going too long without the right kind of food. Eating just enough to stay alive had weakened their bodies so much that disease could come through and strike the final blow. In 2014, approximately 49 million Americans Struggled with Hunger, and continue to struggle each and every day. There are people all around us that are hungry, and no one ever notices. But why don’t we notice? They are everywhere. They’re in our schools, on our sports teams and in our community. It may be that we are too focused on our own wealth and family we don’t care or think to help others. Those around us are similar; those who starve may have no major noticeable physical differences than the rest of us. This is why we don’t notice those in need. Sometimes The average American family of four ends up throwing away an equivalent of up toShow MoreRelatedEssay about Celebrity Activists in Contemporary Society3637 Words   |  15 PagesAmerican aid organizations, including Bread for the World and Mercy Corps. The list of celebrity participants on their website includes stars such as Bono (the campaign’s most prominent spokesperson), Matt Damon, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks, Penelope Cruz, and Dave Matthews (2006 ONE). In the About ONE section of the ONE Campaign’s website, one of the questions listed is â€Å"Why use celebrity spokespersons?† The answer is this: Everyone does what they can–whether its getting our issues onRead MoreTraffic, Directed by Steven Soderbergh Essay3306 Words   |  14 Pages Traffic. Dir. Steven Soderbergh. Perf. Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dennis Quaid. USA Films, 2000. Blow. Dir. Ted Demme. Perf. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Paul Reubens, Ray Liotta. New Line Cinema, 2001. 1. Just as the intoxicating sensations of different drugs are incommensurable with one another, so films about different drugs tend to have radically different themes and effects. In American popular culture perhaps the illegalRead MoreSolution Manual, Test Bank and Instructor Manuals34836 Words   |  140 PagesHiggins (SM+IM) Concepts in Federal Taxation 2013, 20th Edition_Kevin E. Murphy,Mark Higgins (SM+IM+TB) Concepts in Strategic Management Business Policy, 12E_Thomas L. Wheelen,J. David Hunger (SM+TB) Concepts in Strategic Management and Business Policy Toward Global Sustainability, 13E_Thomas L. Wheelen,J. David Hunger (SM+TB ) Concepts of Genetics Plus MasteringGenetics -- Access Card Package, 10E_William S. Klug,Michael R. Cummings,Charlotte A. Spencer,Michael A. Palladino (TB) Conceptual Chemistry