A hunger crisis is raging throughout the globe, afflicting nearly 1 billion people. In the Horn of Africa millions are at risk of starvation in a region plagued by a severe drought and conflict.
High food prices and malnutrition are rampant in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Sudan and so many other countries. However the Congress, as it plans its next budget, is proposing reducing international food aid. These cuts would impact the U.S. Food for Peace and other global hunger fighting programs.
Save the Children is one of the aid agencies on the front line of fighting hunger. Nora O'Connell, a senior policy advisor for the charity, talks about these potential budget cuts to food aid and what it will mean in the struggle to end global hunger. Most important of all, she answers how you can have your own say in determining U.S. food aid policy.
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