'End Hunger Walk' organised in Bangalore.Byline: ANI Bangalore, June 7(ANI): Social activists and volunteers of NGOs in cooperation with the agencies of the United Nations hosted a 'End Hunger' walk in Bangalore, as part of its initiative to spread mass awareness about hunger in the world. The 'End Hunger Walk' is an annual campaign that was launched in 2003 by the Untied Nations. People in 70 countries undertake this walk on the same day to spread awareness about hunger and ask for contributions to fight hunger Fight Hunger is a global initiative, based in Rome, Italy [1], calling for the end of child hunger by 2015 [2]. It is organised by the World Food Programme and its partners, and comprises different activities throughout the year. globally. "We feel that child malnutrition malnutrition, insufficiency of one or more nutritional elements necessary for health and well-being. Primary malnutrition is caused by the lack of essential foodstuffs—usually vitamins, minerals, or proteins—in the diet. is most important issue, particularly children below three years old. We want to be focussed on this age group particularly in India. So we are trying to feed children at school through school feeding programme," said Mihoko Tamamura, of World Food Programme, a downstream organ of the United Nations. He said that malnutrition amongst children was a major cause of concern and measures had been initiated to over come the problem as quickly as possible. The young and old alike from different walks of life participated with immense enthusiasm to make this event, dedicated to a noble cause, a huge success. The money collected from this initiative will be used to feed the children in the age group of 3 to 6 years and also many other children belonging to underdeveloped un·der·de·vel·oped adj. Not adequately or normally developed; immature. countries to fight malnutrition. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. UN statistics, every year at least 25,000 people die of hunger all over the world of it 18,000 are children. Hence, the United Nations is concentrating to eradicate Eradicate To completely do away with something, eliminate it, end its existence. Mentioned in: Smallpox the existing food problem. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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