Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?

Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis? How do you feel when you miss a meal? Have you ever gone without eating for a week?

Homework: Brainstorm! Come up with a solution to help end world poverty. Your response must

be at least one paragraph long.

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

What do Indians Eat?• Rice• Lentils• Lamb• Chicken• Bread

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Who is hungry in India?• Just about everyone in Rural India

• 40% OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THREE ARE UNDERWEIGHT

• 1/3 of ALL MEN AND WOMEN SUFFER ENERGY DEFICIENCY DUE TO LACK OF GOOD FOOD.

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Why are Indians Malnourished

According to the United Nations:

• MANY INDIANS WORK IN LABOR INTENSIVE OCCUPATIONS; REQUIRE MORE ENERGY

• FOOD PRICE RISES AND CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE CONTRIBUTED THE LACK OF FOOD GROWN

• THE PROBLEM: INDIA'S RURAL ECONOMY HAS NOT GROWN AS FAST AS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, SO VILLAGERS ARE UNABLE TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR FOOD.

• WITHOUT GOVERNMENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT WHICH, MANY INDIANS WOULD HAVE GONE HUNGRY.

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Poverty In India

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Poverty at a GlanceCauses and Effects of

Malnourishment In Children• Causes:

– Politics: prohibits people from getting the right food and care. – Diseases: interfere with absorption of nutrients; – famine, floods and other natural disorders that destroy crops – death of parents: no one to care for children – absence of medical care: no experienced doctors

• Effects: – do not grow normally – Poor health – Death

• These problems are not only in India but in other third world countries.

Aim/Goal: How is poverty affecting India today?Do Now: Make a list of things you eat on a daily basis.

Agencies that attempt to help

• United Nations World Food Program – Working in 80 countries– Serves 83 million people world wide– Help countries deal with food emergencies

especially after a natural disaster