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Sos Children's Villages: Hunger in Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunger Crises are escalating at several hot spots: Nigeria, Yemen, South Sudan, and Somalia. These areas are suffering starvation and famine as a result of armed conflict, droughts, or torrential rains which destroys crops and kills...
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World Food Programme

World Food Programme: Horn of Africa Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Food Programme continues to fight hunger around the globe. This page provides information on the 2011 food crisis in the Horn of Africa that was due to drought conditions and the conflict in Somalia. Millions of people were...
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World History Archives: The Great Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the aftermath of the potato famine; 4 million dead, 2.5 million refugees. Mentions the Irish peasantry, landlords, British Government, relief, and the cause of the famine.
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Bread for the World

For Students 9th - 10th
"Bread for the World is a nationwide Christian citizens movement seeking justice for the world's hungry people by lobbying our nation's decision makers."
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Bbc: History: The Irish Famine

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC historian Jim Donnelly describes how a million people died of hunger in Ireland in the late 1840s, on the doorstep of the world's richest nation. Archived.