Hibbing Food Shelf Photos. Together we can fight extreme Poverty and World Hunger.

Poverty and Hunger

Working to Fight World Hunger

Hungry African orphans in extreem poverty come to the gate of the orphanage hoping for food

African orphan suffering from absolute poverty and hunger

African orphan that has to care for sibling. African orphans caring for orphans.

Hibbing Food Shelf Photos

Thank you for your interest in the Hibbing Food Shelf in Hibbing Minnesota. Volunteers and donations are needed to help needy families of Hibbing and the surrounding area.

Food bagged up and waiting for hungry families.

Hibbing Food Shelf Award

Food stored at Hibbing Food Shelf

Volunteering and the Hibbing Food Shelf

Taking a break in the food storeroom

Shelves of Food

Food for local families

Hibbing Food Shelf

Volunteers putting food in bags for needy families

Absolute Poverty
Absolute Poverty is a condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information. It depends not only on income but also on access to services. (According to a UN declaration from Copenhagen in 1995. Info in this section on absolute

poverty from Wikipedia)

World Poverty

In developing countries, poor and needy people spend up to 80 % of their disposable income on food. There is no buffer to modify their food costs. African Orphans eating bread. This is www.povertyandhunger.org icon. Those who always lived on the edge of starvation have been tipped over that edge by spiraling prices. Economic theory known as Engel’s Law notes that the proportion of a nation’s income spent on food is a good measure of the nation’s welfare.

This is part of an article from the July issue of Spotlight on Orphans newsletter. Read Spotlight on Orphans newsletters to see how Hearth to Hearth Ministries is fighting poverty in Africa by working to feed hungry children. The picture of the little African boy eating bread is the picture we have chosen for our icon.

Poverty in America
The official poverty rate in the US was 12.3% for 2006. (The last year stats available for.) The US is now in a depression and the poverty rate of poverty in America is probably much worse now.