Reflection on Hunger
Food is one of the basic needs of a human being to survive. All of us depend on food for having a good health, therefore with the lack of food many people will be starving and malnourished. There are many reasons that may contribute to the cause of world hunger. Historically, the society will continue to change as long as there are people in the world. For what I know, the world had vastly changed from 60 years ago up to now. Whenever I’m with my grandmother, she always told me stories on how accessible and cheap it is to have food in the Philippines during her teenage life. They used to have a small pond where there are tilapia and various crops, vegetables and fruits in their backyard. This scenery was common in each household even in the major city. But because of the continuous changes, you will rarely see this kind of setting in any house today. A structural condition that may contribute to the cause of world hunger is poverty and the government. Poverty has a great factor with regards to mass starvation. Broom and Germov (2009) concluded that “despite the fact we have the ability to produce enough food to feed everyone on the planet, global hunger will continues to plague millions each year due to poverty and a lack of global effort directed at redistributing sufficient resources” (p. 80). Money is the key to have enough food on your table. In the Philippines, you will clearly observe this, almost every street in the Philippines you will see people in the street begging for money just to buy bread. Once they were able to purchase bread, they will just get a small portion of the bread and will save the rest for later. Another structural condition that affects world hunger is the lack of support from the government. In my opinion, instead of focusing on establishing new laws and regulations, the government should prioritise the people’s basic needs such as food, which could help minimize the problem of global starvation. They should construct more feeding
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