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    The document discusses hunger and poverty in the Philippines. Poverty is a major contributing factor to hunger in the Philippines, with over 21% of the population living in poverty compared to neighboring countries. Hunger can trap people in a cycle of poverty by limiting their ability to work and learn, as well as stunting child development. Advocacy aims to not just provide short-term food aid but also educate people on sustainable agriculture and food security through simple farming techniques.

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    End the Ache Today: The Advocacy

    Food is central to human well-being: it provides the body with nourishment, offers

    livelihoods that lift people out of poverty, and brings communities together. Although food is a

    basic human need, too many people are trapped in a cycle of hunger by forces beyond their

    immediate control, like poverty, disaster, conflict and inequality.

    The Philippines has a long way to go in reducing hunger. A key contributory factor to

    hunger is poverty. Low income and high food costs generally limit food quantity and quality

    intake. The Philippines had a far higher incidence of poverty of 21.6% compared to its

    neighbors: Malaysia (0.4%), Vietnam (7%), Thailand (8.6%) and Indonesia (10.6%). Poverty is

    very evident in the country. In every highway, street, footbridge and underpass we can see

    homeless people sleeping everywhere and begging for food or money. Inflation also affects the

    people from having access to food, its making even more difficult to have good quality food that

    will provide sufficient nutrients making people not to buy because of the high prices of food.

    Hunger can trap people in many ways, it restrains people’s ability to work and learn to

    their full potential which can affect their future and trap them and their families into more

    poverty and hunger. Poor nutrition can stunts physical and mental development for children.

    Chronic health problems will keep kids out of school. In adults lack of education limits their

    ability to work. Poor health during pregnancy stage can lead to an undernourished child and the

    cycle will start again (The Cycle of Hunger). Hunger ranked first on the list of the world’s Top

    10 health risks, killing more people than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined, according to

    the World Health Organization (WHO).


     “Supporting food security requires much more than filling people’s bellies.” (Beth

    Dunford 2017). Ending hunger, along with achieving food security, improving nutrition and

    promoting sustainable agriculture are part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the

    United Nations. Our advocacy is not to just only give food for the hungry people, we also

    educate and giving them awareness to how they can easily access to food by planting because

    giving them food is a short term solution for their empty stomach therefore educating them on

    how to plant at home by using materials that can be seen anywhere and does not need money to

    be done can make a big help. Simple farming can solve hunger but it can be more than that. It

    can source of their livelihood and income.

    Dunford, B. (2017, October 16). 5 Ways USAID Is Helping to End World Hunger.

    Retrieved from https://medium.com/usaid-2030/5-ways-usaid-is-helping-to-end-world-hunger-


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    Dy, R. (2019, January 28). Where is the Philippines in Global Hunger in ASEAN? Retrieved
    from https://www.bworldonline.com/where-is-the-philippines-in-global-hunger-in-asean/

    What we're doing to help end global hunger. (2018, October 11). Retrieved from
    https://www.bworldonline.com/where-is-the-philippines-in-global-hunger-in-asean/

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