Every year, regional and international organizations host conferences and special sessions to discuss the causes of poverty worldwide. At such gatherings, world leaders and politicians make solemn promises to end hunger, poverty, and starvation, but they quickly backtrack.
It is estimated that over nine million people die each year from poverty and related illnesses, including 25,000 innocent people every day—sadly, more than 10,000 of whom are children.
More people die from hunger and malnutrition than from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined, making them the biggest hazards to public health. There are an estimated 854 million undernourished people in the globe, and an additional 100 million could become hungry and impoverished due to rising food prices.
