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RotariansAgainstHunger.org

Hunger 101

Our Agenda


What do we mean by…

hunger?

food security and insecurity?

poverty?

Hunger’s consequences

Who is hungry, at home and abroad?

Income and food security simulation

Responses to hunger

Hunger defined


―…strong desire, craving …or urgent need for

food.‖

―…refer to a potential consequence of food

insecurity that, because of prolonged,

involuntary lack of food, results in discomfort,

illness, weakness, or pain that goes beyond

the usual uneasy sensation.‖ USDA

Food security & food insecurity


Food security - access by all members at all times

to enough food for an active, healthy life.

Food insecurity - Limited or uncertain availability

of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited

or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in

socially acceptable ways.

Poverty – Federal Guidelines


Persons in Family Gross Income (48 states and DC)

1 $11,170

2 $15, 130

3 $19,090

4 $23,050

5 $27,010

6 $30,970

7 $34,930

8 $38,890

For each additional person, add $3,960

Source: 2012 HHS Poverty Guidelines

Poverty – The Living Wage


―…the minimum amount that a worker must earn to

afford his or her basic necessities, without public or

private assistance.‖ justeconomicswnc.org

WNC living wage

single individual is $24,648/year without

benefits, or $21,528/year with benefits,

15% of 400 different occupations in Buncombe

County or the work for 35,820 (31%) workers, pays

below $11.85/hour.

Poverty - in our World


Almost half the world — over three billion people — live on less

than $2.50 a day and 80% live on less than $10 a day

The GDP of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million

people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people

combined.

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a

book or sign their names.

1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world).

Consequences of hunger


Children

Developmental, educational, & economic

Pregnant women

Low birth weight and many illnesses

Adults

Worsens existing health problems

Who is hungry in our world?


One-third of the world is well-fed.

One-third is under-fed.

One-third is starving.

Who is hungry in America?


Food insecurity exists in every county in America From 2.4% in Slope County, ND to 35.2% (37%) in Holmes

County, MS

Ten states exhibited statistically significant higher household food insecurity rates than the U.S. national average of 14.7% Mississippi 20.9% (19.2%)

Arkansas 19.7% (19.2%)

Texas 18.4% (18.5%)

Alabama 17.9% (17.4%)

Georgia 16.9% (17.4%)

Missouri 16.2%

Nevada 16.2%

Ohio 16.1%

California 15.6%

Who is hungry in America?


…and North Carolina 17%

Who is hungry in NC?


North Carolinians with low or very low food security

in 2012

3.7 million households

17% of all NC households

27.3% of NC’s children

NC and LA have the highest percentage (27.6%) of

children under 5 who are food insecure on a regular

basis

Who is hungry in WNC?


In the 16 county MANNA service area –

106,600 people seek food assistance annually.

1 in 6 of our WNC neighbors

33,000 are children, 9,600 are elderly

36% of households served have at least one

employed adult

Food insecurity ranges from 12.5% in Henderson

County to 18.7% in Graham County

Who is hungry in Jackson County in 2012-13?


Of our population of nearly 41,000…

16.1% (15.8%) are food insecure

26.1% (26.2%) of our children are food insecure

19.5% (20.4%) live below the Federal poverty level

Over 11.5 (10.5) million pounds of food distributed

through MANNA and 96 partner agencies. Over

476,000 million pounds in Jackson County, up

from 287,000 in 2011-12.

Rotarians Against Hunger 2013


Selected Outcomes

Raised $44,215

Packaged 295,000+ meals

Engaged over 750 volunteers

Advanced education about hunger

Started innovative international development model



Goals Raise at least $50,000

Package 300,000 meals

Distribute vegetable seed internationally

Advance education about hunger

Promote Rotary and expand club partnerships

When: Saturday, March 22, 2014

Where: Reuter YMCA, Biltmore Park

What: Three shifts packaging meals



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www.rotariansagainsthunger.org

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