Poverty and Hunger links page. 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.

Websites that we recommend

We recommend the following sites because they are working to fight poverty and hunger, but we are not responsible for their content.

Orphanages This website features orphanages from around the World.

African Orphanages This is Hearth to Hearth Ministries Main website. Hearth to Hearth Ministries runs 5 orphanages in Africa.

Orphans and Orphanages This is my MySpace profile about orphans and orphanages.

Free Rice This is a website to raise money for the poor and hungry.

The Hunger Site This is a site that raises money for the hungry.

Spotlight on Orphans Spotlight on Orphans Newsletters from Hearth to Hearth Ministries.

If you have a site that you would like listed on this page send the link to webmaster@povertyandhunger.org

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.