Ten Years On... My Goal to Feed Starving Kids

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What the world spend in 1998 rather than ending starvation

US$8 Billion Cosmetics in the United States
US$11 Billion Ice cream in Europe
US$12 Billion Perfumes in Europe and the United States
US$17 Billion Pet foods in Europe and the United States
US$35 Billion Business entertainment in Japan
US$50 Billion Cigarettes in Europe
US$105 Billion Alcoholic drinks in Europe
US$400 Billion Narcotics drugs in the world
US$780 Billion Military spending in the world

Ccompare that to what was estimated as additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in ALL developing countries:

US$6 Billion Basic education for all
US$9 Billion Water and sanitation for all
US$12 Billion Reproductive health for all women
US$13 Billion Basic health and nutrition

Source: Human Development Report 1998, Chapter 1, p.37, United Nations Development Programme

Fact - The world can end starvation

The world has the resources to address all the problems [of hunger & starvation] with the technology and the global wealth that exists. However, do we have the will and commitment to do so?


Source: Nor, Salleh Mohd (2001). Globeglance: We Can Have Enough Food. Retrieved May 21, 2007, from United Nations Web site

Child starvation data from UN

"Hunger and malnutrition are the underlying cause of more than half of all child deaths, killing nearly 6 million children each year."—Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (2005). The State of Food Insecurity in the World. Retrieved May 20, 2007, from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Web site ,