Hunger...

When the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on September 11, there was a great commotion in the nation. Every day, hunger crumbles the equivalent of 10 twin towers full of children and nobody gets upset. Why? It’s estimated that every 24 hours about 100, 000 people die from hunger in the world and 16, 000 of them are children under the age of five (Bread for the World, 2007).
I’m a member of St. Vincent De Paul Church in Rogers. At my church there’s a food pantry where I have the privilege to be a volunteer. Since last summer we have seen a rise in the number of people who come for food. We usually serve people four days a week and now with the economic problems that every body is facing right now more and more people are comming everyday to our facility for food. For thais reason there have been some weeks where we would not have enough food for the whole week and there still a lot to people to be fed. It’s scary and sad at the same time! A lot of people are hungry, especially children!

I feel frustrated when I cannot do enough to alleviate this agony…

I feel very frustrated when I see that our government is not doing enough for our people...

I feel frustrated when our government has focused on a stupid war and forgotten the essential spirit of this country…our people, our children...

It is very alarming to see that there are still a lot of people living in hunger, especially children, who despite the great effort from people to end this problem, it is still happening to them more and more every day. By having programs like WIC, Food Stamps, etc., many people may be alleviated from hunger conditions. But unfortunately, not everybody has the opportunity to participate; this happens even though many families may qualify for the program like those who don’t have transportation, or work full time and don’t have time to participate in nutrition classes and to receive food from certain institutions like ours. There are many families that every single day struggle, worrying if they are going to have enough or any food at all for the next day.
That is why we need to see changes on a number of levels including individual, community and governmental that would help remediate hunger in our communities.

Everybody deserves to be happy. ..

Nobody deserves to be hungry.

How can you help to end this agony?


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