Understanding the Global Food Crisis
For grades 6-12

Global food insecurity has been making news headlines. However, worldwide hunger and malnutrition are nothing new. Long before this crisis, more than 920 million people worldwide were already undernourished, meaning their food intake does not include sufficient calories to meet the minimum needs of an active life. In addition, hunger and malnutrition cause 5.14 million child deaths every year.

A Hungry World provides background information, statistics, case studies, group activities, prayer materials and action ideas for teaching young people in grades 6-12 about global food insecurity.

What young people can do:

• Explore the global scale of the food crisis.
• Analyze the many causes and impacts of the problem.
• Consider the complex ways in which causes and impacts are interrelated.
• Examine their own food consumption.
• Read case studies about affected children and families.
• Consider the difficult choices families are forced to make when food supply diminishes.