HungerFREE

What causes Hunger?
•Hunger is not caused by nature, it’s a political choice!
•Hunger results from the unequal distribution of food, and the lack of access to and control over resources.
•Climate change is already having a devastating impact on hungry people - Floods, droughts and other consequences of global warming are destroying poor people’s lives.
•Global food prices have increased by 83 percent in the last 2 years (wheat has gone up 181 percent)

•Almost half the increase in the consumption of major fuel crops in 2007 was related to biofuels

More than seven years have passed since governments committed to halve world hunger by 2015. Yet today hunger is increasing in most parts of the world. Governments can make a huge difference if they keep their promises.
What are we doing about it?
•HungerFREE is a global campaign that will force governments to deliver on their commitment to halve world hunger by 2015.
•The ActionAid HungerFREE campaign aims to put the issue of hunger to the top of the political agenda. The right to food has been sidelined for too long!
What are we asking for?
HungerFREE will drive change by pushing governments to:
•Introduce and implement laws that bring an immediate end to all deaths by starvation and ensure basic social protection
•Enact and enforce laws that guarantee all women the right to own land.
•Ensure that corporations are held accountable for abuses of the rights to food, water, land and seeds