Name: Ending hunger now
Uploaded: 2011-07-28T14:58:06Z
Duration: 18 min 53 s
Description: Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together."

Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together."

Ending hunger now

Despite having enough food to feed everyone, one in seven people wakes up not knowing how to fill a single cup. Every ten seconds, a child dies from hunger, more than from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The key barriers are not production, but access, nutrition, and broken food systems. Simple interventions, like school meals and digital food support, can break the cycle and empower communities to thrive.