Students against Hunger: the Blog

Calling all students: A glimpse into the hunger crisis in the Sahel

Imagine a stretch of land 2,216 miles wide – like driving from one coast of the United States to the other – with lush tropical forests extending in one direction and desert in the other. Welcome to the Sahel region of West Africa.

Teen uses art to imagine “Un Monde Sans Famine”

How would you use art to raise awareness about hunger? Earlier this year, the WFP office in Brussels, Belgium asked students to submit artwork highlighting their unique point of view on how together we can end hunger. They received over ten inspirational pieces that showcased how students are imagining a hunger-free future. Here’s the story behind one of those young artists. Meet Claire.

From Alabama to Honduras: One Auburn University student’s story from the Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit

This past weekend, university students gathered in Honduras for the first-ever Universities Fighting World Hunger Summit organized outside of North America. The Summit brings together students to learn about real-world hunger solutions from experts and leaders. Meet one Auburn University student from the United States who attended the Summit. She was already engaged in solving hunger, but here’s her account of how the Summit opened her eyes to new challenges – and new hope.

 

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Free Rice - Test your knowledge and donate rice!

Food Force - The hunger video game

Stop Disasters! - A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR

Get Real - The truth about Junk Food! From the School Food Trust

Arcademic Skill Builders - The site for educational games

 

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Fight Hunger & Change the World

How can you change the world by playing an online trivia game? With Freerice you earn 10 grains of rice for each question you answer correctly. 94 billion grains have been earned so far, providing life saving food for more than 4.9 million people.

 

For the second year running, students from the London School of Economics’ UN Society gave a voice to the hungry on their campus by organising a Fill the Cup Week around World Food Day.

 

On World Food Day, 204 students at the New School in Rome lined up for lunch. Instead of their regular meals, each student sat down with a plate of rice. The money they saved by eating only rice went to WFP's School Feeding Programme.