Hunger/Poverty - Jaime Alvarez

Jaime Alvarez

A - Block

      By the time you finish reading this passage (if it takes you two minutes) at least 12 children

will die because of hunger. Hunger which directly correlates with poverty is something the

whole world is going through, but most importantly our young generations. Throughout the

brief weeks in our class we have seen several jaw-dropping statistics and TED talks concerning

this topic. First off we saw iconic singer Bono’s talk. In this one we learned about how by 2030

we can expect a good side to poverty. Moreover, we heard about shocking stats like how:  5.9

million children under the age of 5 died in 2015, more than half of these early child deaths are

due to conditions that could be prevented or treated with access to simple, affordable

interventions. We also learned about how Leading causes of death in under-5 children are due

to famine and malnutrition, pneumonia, birth asphyxia, diarrhea and malaria, and how about

45% of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition and how Children in sub-Saharan Africa are

more than 14 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than children in developed regions.

This shocking facts prove a change needs to be made! Many institutions like “toca mi Corazon”

, Hogar del niño etc. can help and accept volounteers willing to make a difference. What are

you waiting for? Go out there! As Aristotle said Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."