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Imagine if the tag "#b4b" was one of Twitter’s top trending topics - the social network has over 1 million active users who could help the hungry billion.
So, try finishing all your tweets with this tag: #b4b.
If the tweet are about the hungry billion, great! But you can use this tag on any tweet to get people interested in what the #b4b tag represents.
Also try hungrifying your Twitter profile
The more people talking about the hungry billion the easier it is to help them - help raise awareness, and intrigue, by downloading these avatars for your social network profiles.
Easy 1-2-3 steps:
1: Download the zip file with avatars (the images are GIFs and very light weight)
2: Choose your favourite and save it somewhere memorable on your computer
3: Log into your social networks and edit your profiles, uploading the saved avatar
You can download the avatars zip files here
(What's an avatar? It's a small image used to represent and identify yourself on social networks.)
Use your Twitter profile background image to get people tweeting - and thinking about the hungry billion!
1: Download the zip file containing your Twitter background (the images are GIFs and very light weight)
2: Save it somewhere memorable on your computer
3: Log into Twitter.com
4: Click on "Settings" located in the top right hand menu
5: Click on "Design" from the horizontal navigation and select "Change background image"
6: Click "Choose file" and select the path to the memorable place you saved the background image
7: Finally, click on "Change design color" and go wild playing around with your profile's color scheme
You can download your Twitter background here
With over 300 million users, Facebook is a powerful tool in the fight against hunger - your status updates can raise awareness amongst your friends, and encourage them to do the same
Commit to once a day, or week or whenever, updating your status with a message for the hungry billion. Try these status updates for size:
"I'm one of the online billion helping the hungry billion. You can too. Go to http://www.wfp.org/1billion to find out how"
"If you're reading this, you're one of the online billion users who can help the 1 billion people hungry in the world. Go to http://www.wfp.org/1billion to find out how"
"More than 1 billion people will go to bed hungry tonight. You can help. Go to http://www.wfp.org/1billion to find out how."
Have better status updates for the hungry billion? Email them to us, and we may add it to this list with your name!
Status Updates Submitted by You:
"1 billion people in this world are suffering from chronic hunger. If you are on facebook; you probably had a choice of what's for dinner. be human. donate." - from Yin, in Singapore
"What's rotting in your fridge? There's 1 billion people in the world who would catch it if you threw it out. Give them fresh food instead, visit http://www.wfp.org/ibillion" - from Trishlee, in Jamaica
"What did you have for lunch? Thinking what about to have for dinner? 10 children die each minute you think about food. $5 nourishes a baby for A YEAR. What are you doing now? Think a minute longer and another 10 die. http://www.wfp.org/1billion" - from Belinda, in Singapore
It's horrible to know that there are kids out there who don't get to have 3 meals a day like me and my friends....It's sad to think that a kid will be used to the feeling of there stomach grumbling....I know I hate that feeling along with many other people....I know that I will help prevent hunger....The question is will you? To help go to http://www.wfp.org/1billion to find out how you can help....... - from Paula, in New York
It should break your heart and literally bring you to tears that one billion people are starving. That a child dies from hunger somewhere every five seconds.
If, as individuals, we give one dollar each, could you imagine what we could do to end the world's starvation? ONE. DOLLAR.
(Better yet: Imagine what you could do with TWO ;^) How much does your coffee/big mac/blouse/car wash/enter it here cost you? - from Harmony, in Florida
Shake your red cup by adding a donation button to your site - an easy way for friends and site visitors to support our work and the people we feed
Copy the code below and paste it into the html of your site
The result will look like this:
Why a Red Cup? Find out more about why the symbol of a Red Cup is important to us here...
The FEED bag was created by Lauren Bush to generate funds for our work - purchasing one FEED bag helps us feed a child in school for a whole year
Simply copy the code below and paste it into the html of your site
The result will look like this:
A picture speaks more than a thousand words!
We have a gallery of famous people holding our red cup ( Why a Red Cup? Find out here) that can be seen here: wfp.org/photos/gallery/red-cup-photo-gallery
But we need everyone's help to raise awareness for hunger and to fill the red cup with food!
Email us your photos and images, and we may add them to our stream on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fighthunger/
More people read blogs than personal emails online - become part of our Bloggers against Hunger with a dedicated hunger blog, and help raise awareness
1. Sign up for a free blog. Try one of these blogging platforms:
2. Take a look at our "toolbox" for hunger bloggers
3. Send us an email with your blog's url and your name. We may add you posts to the RSS feed shown here
4. Get cracking helping the hungry billion!
Take it offline - hold an offline event, and we may stream it live online for you!
Choose from one of these ideas, or do something totally different:
Throw a hunger banquet
Guests are fed the same food and quantities that the 1 billion hungry are eating today - for example, a small bowl of rice that may be shared among numerous people. You may even consider fundraising for this event, asking each person to contribute the equivalent of a meal out in a restaurant!
To find out more about nutritional issues facing the hungry billion go to: http://www.wfp.org/hunger
Hold a music gig
Use your voice to speak about the hungry billion. It doesn't matter if you have an audience of 1 person or 1 billion, we still consider streaming it live for you.
To promote your gig, consider telling your friends about it on Facebook and in real life. Also ask local-based websites and shops to advertise it for you (many may be willing to do so free of charge).
Organise a karaoke evening
Instead of taking center stage, allow others to get up and use their voice to raise awareness for the hungry billion.
Create a playlist with songs that either remind you about hunger. (We'd be particularly eager to stream this event live!)
If you have an event planned, tell us about it! We may add it to an events calendar, and stream the event live online.
Wear your heart on your shirt - Enter your awareness-raising anti-hunger t-shirt design in the Derby, the weekly design competition at Shirt.Woot.
Your work might just wind up on thousands of torsos around the world - and reach the eyes and minds of thousands more.
(The top 3 designs will be printed on t-shirts.)
Simply go to Woot Derby and add your knock out design.
