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AngelaVarela
Orloff
Period4
April23rd
ResearchDesign
Topic:Hunger
Question:howhashungeraffectedusandthepeoplethatarearoundus?
Mychosentopicisworldhungerandalsojusthungeringeneral.Manypeopleall
aroundtheworldlivingindifferentcountriesarelivinginhunger.Hungeristhelackof
foodthatapersonisprovidedwith.
HungerandpovertyrelatealottooneanotherincountrieslikeAfricamanyofthe
peoplelivinginpovertyarealsolivingwithaveryscarceamountoffoodandwater.
Hundredsofchildrenandadultsdieeverydayduetonothavingenoughwaterandfood
intheirbodies.Around805millionofthe7.3billionpeopleallaroundtheworldoronein
ninearesufferingfromnotbeingwellnourishedin20122014.Manyofthepeoplethat
aresufferingfromthisliveindevelopingcountries.Thesecountriesincludepartsof
Asia,Africaandmanyothercountries.
Ithinkoneofthecausesofhungerandpovertyisbeingunemployedandsincemany
peoplearenotemployeditcausesthemtolivewithascarceamountofsuppliesto
survive.
Idecidedtodomyprojectoverhungerbecausethetopicisaworldwideissuethatis
affectingmanypeoplefromdifferentplaces.Iminterestedonhowthisproblembegan
andhowitalsobegantospreadtootherplaces.Imalsoverycurioustoseewhythe
numberofpeoplelivinginmalnourishmenthasincreasedthroughtheyearsinsteadof
thenumbergettingsmaller.ThroughthisresearchIwanttolearnwhatIhavelisted
aboveandIalsowanttolearnwhatwecandotohelpanddecreasethenumberof
childrenandadultslivinginhunger.
Questions
1. Howmanypeopledieeverysingledayduetohunger?
2. Doestheworldhaveafoodshortage?
3. Whatcausesfoodtobescarce?
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Whatarethemaincausesofhunger?
Arethenumbersofhungrypeopleallaroundtheworldincreasingordecreasing?
Whichcountrieshavethehighestnumbersofmalnutrition?
Whatdoesitmeantobelivingin"hunger"?
Arethereorganizationsthathelpthisproblem?Ifsowhataretheyandwhatdo
theydo?
9. Whataretheeffectsofhunger?
10. Whatcanpeoplechangeordotohelp?
11. Howarefoodpackagesdeliveredtocountries?
12. Howdoesthegovernmentprovidefoodstamps?
13. Whatarefoodstamps?
14. Howdoesonequalifyforfoodstamps?
15. Whatpercentageoftheworldishungry?
16. Howcanworldhungerbelessened?
17. Howwasthepercentageofhungrypeoplechangedthroughoutthelast10
years?
18. Whatcanpeopledotohelpoutpeoplesufferingfromhunger?
19. Couldtheamountoffoodbeingthrownawayeverydayhelpsomeone?
20. Howmuchfoodiswastedeveryday?
Collectioninformationplan:
ThewayIplanoncollectingallofmyinformationabouthungerisbyusingthe
databasesthattheschoolhasprovidedforus.Iwillresearchusingallthedifferentdata
bases.Ialsoplanoncheckingoutbooksfromthelibrarytoexpandmyknowledgeon
thetopic.AndIplanonlookingforvideosandmoviesabouthungerandwatching
documentariesaboutthetopic.