F-word

What's the most obscene F-word you know????
No, no, no... it's not the one you're thinking about. Try Famine instead: the real obscenity is letting millions die, particularly children, in the Horn of Africa because of Hunger.
Why this now? Well, October 16th is the annual World Food Day sponsored by the United Nations and why not stop and think about those who have absolutely nothing to eat? Last year, to mark this date, I asked you here to play a game and thus donate rice for each correct answer through the World Food Programme; now the challenge is to watch the short clip and then sign the petition addressed to the world leaders who are going to meet next November. Hope can never die and again let's believe together we can and must stop this obscenity from happening again and again.



To have a clearer idea of how devastating Famine is in Africa, have a look at the map that follows:

If interested in having a wider view on the subject, please take some time and check these sites:

http://www.onlineschools.org/blog/world-hunger/
(with a great infographic)
http://www.starvedforattention.org/
(sponsored by Doctors without Borders and also in Portuguese :))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Day
http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/en/
http://www.fao.org/
http://www.freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1479 (please keep on playing the game and feeding hungry children worldwide)
http://www.wfp.org/
For teachers, there is always something we can use to call our learners' attention for the situation. Here you find classroom activities, materials developed by other educators to be tried out in classrooms around the world; Hunger 101 with loads of materials and maps and a list of other related link.
Before you go...have you signed the petition yet? Take action and click here to do it now!
Thank you all.