There is a problem that many children around the world have been facing for a very long time: food insecurity. This happens when children are living in a home that doesn’t have enough food for them and their family members to live on. Due to food insecurity, members of a family living under the …
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” – Mother Theresa Many people are familiar with the issue of world hunger and many even understand the numbers associated with the global problem. While sustainable development goals are still striving to minimize the hunger gap and empower vulnerable communities to achieve food security, …
The Vegan Emergency Food Guide A natural disaster can strike at any moment and your access to healthy food can be cut off just as quickly. The best way to protect you and your loved ones in the case of an emergency is to think ahead and be prepared. When preparing an emergency food supply, …
You have probably heard the term “food insecurity” before, but you may be wondering what it means. So, what is food insecurity exactly? Many people can go to a grocery store or supermarket to buy the food they need. However, not everyone enjoys this privilege. When people do not have access to a sufficient supply …
Satisfying hunger is a priority that must be done in order to secure survival. According to a renowned psychologist Abraham Maslow in his Humanistic-dynamic Theory, the most basic of all needs is the physiological need — that highlights food to fill the stomach. Truth to be told, not all are fed, like the migrants coming …
MILLIONS OF BOYS AND GIRLS ARE AT RISK – IN CHAD, WE FIND ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST-PRESSING HUMANITARIAN SITUATIONS The numbers of displaced children, refugee children, and children living without access to education in the Lake Chad Region are staggering. Violence in the region has closed 1,000 schools, and educational opportunities for 3.5 million …
A talk I gave at the cafe 360 to open the Food Surplus Network in Ljubljana, Slovenia in October 2015. To learn more on this see Paul’s article. John Robbins, the author of the best-selling Diet for a New America, writes: “The existence of so much hunger in the world is a reality we cannot …
I have been running charities since 1989 when I registered by my first non-profit in Australia, called Hare Krishna Food for Life Hunter Valley. Back then I was a monk and while full of enthusiasm, I had much to learn when it came to donor relations. You can’t just expect people to give without asking …
EPISODE 108 Interview with Paul Rodney Turner If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Prefer to download? Download Paul Rodney Turner, the “Food Yogi” is the international director of Food for Life and the co-founder of Food for Life Global, the world headquarters for the charity. Food for …
If there is one thing absolute in this world it is that food has the power to unite. And the recent floods that devastated parts of the Balkans is a case in point. People from all ethnicities are reaching out to help their “brothers” and “sisters.” Using the purest food (prasadam) to create peace and …
Malnutrition is a far greater problem than world hunger. Why? Because even if a person gets sufficient quantities of food, they can still be undernourished and thus subject to chronic disease, if the food they consume does not provide the proper amounts of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) to meet their daily nutritional requirements. In other words, …
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) was a great supporter and believer in what Food for Life stood for. He made the above statement at a gathering of 50,000 school children in 1997 who were invited by Food for Life to a public picnic in Durban called the “Festival for the Children of the Rainbow Nation” …
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