FAO and WFP released the latest global hunger figures yesterday
Courtesy FAO
FAO and WFP released the latest global hunger figures yesterday. Â The figures still stun me:
- Globally, thumb
 925 million people are undernourished - In Asia alone, disease
 578 million people are undernourished - 98% of malnourished people are concentrated in developing countries
- 2/3 of the above are concentrated in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan
- More than 40% of the above live in China and India alone
A prayer from Peru:
Vos sos el Dios de los pobres (You are the God of the poor ones)
El Dios humanos y sencillo (God, visit this site
human and simple)
El Dios que suda en la calle (God who sweats in the street)
El Dios de rostro curtido (God with wrinkles on your face)
Por eso es que te hablo yo (This is why I speak to you)
Asi como habla mi pueblo (The way my people speak)
Porques sos el Dios obrero (Because you are the worker God)
El Cristo trabajador (Christ the worker)
From the US:
O God, grant us Your vision in our time.
Help us to write it so large
that even a runner can see it.
Make it so compelling that even a cynic will pause,
so convincing that a skeptic
will risk trying to bring hope to others,
And so inspiring that the committed will stand
courageously in faith,
leaving the results to you.
Marian Wright Edelman