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Teens Say Social Media Has Made Them More Aware of the Needs of Others Two out of Three Say Adults Not Doing Enough to Set Positive Example 200,000 Teens Give up Food, Go Mobile - World Vision's 30 Hour Famine February 22-23 30 Hour Famine Funds Now Designated Here in U.S. SEATTLE, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to a new World Vision study, conducted online earlier this month by Harris Interactive on behalf of World Vision, more than half of teens (56%) say...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a new report, consumers eat a gallon of diesel fuel, 63 pounds of soil, and over two tons of water, in the form of food each day. A book entitled “The Coming Famine: the global food crisis and how we can avoid it” suggests that these numbers are what it takes to feed the typical human being. Science writer Julian Cribb, author of the new book, told the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra that when you...

French food manufacturer to significantly increase its total investment since 2005 to support sustainable food production systems MALAUNAY, France, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nutriset, the inventor and manufacturer of Plumpy'nut(®) - the highly fortified peanut-based paste that revolutionized the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) - today announced the company will contribute an additional $5.8 million over the next two years to combat severe acute...

STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Emergency medical aid and water treatment supplies are on the way to Niger for the millions of people suffering from the food crisis in the Sahel region. With depleted food stocks from last year's harvest quickly running out and millions suffering from malnutrition and related health problems, AmeriCares is rushing enough medical aid to treat about 15,000 people. The delivery was made possible through the generosity of...

SEATTLE, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative, President Clinton highlighted a new partnership between World Vision and the Procter & Gamble (P&G) Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program to provide clean drinking water to 2.3 million people impacted by the drought and famine in West Africa. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120926/DC82010) World Vision and other aid organizations are working on the ground to...

Providing energy dense food supplements within a general household food distribution has little effect on the weight of children at risk of malnutrition Giving energy dense food supplements— Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF), a lipid-based nutrient supplement—to young children in addition to a general food distribution in a country with food shortages (Chad) did not reduce levels of wasting (low weight for height, a sign of acute undernutrition) but slightly increased their height...

Disaster relief contributions still needed to prevent starvation in Niger, Mali, Senegal and Chad, says Lauren Fisher of World Vision International on the Sharon Kleyne Hour Radio Talk Show. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) August 27, 2012 The biggest impact in the United States of the ongoing East African drought is a sharp spike in the price of chocolate (due to poor harvests in Ghana and Ivory Coast). The impact on the people of West Africa is far more profound – mass starvation, thousands of...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Film Development Corporation (OTCBB: IFLM), a development stage international sales and distributor of digital films, producers and crowd funders to the multibillion dollar Independent Film Industry, announced today that it signed an agreement to produce the upcoming feature film, "Famine". IFLM has also been awarded the exclusive worldwide sales rights. Pre-production is scheduled to begin in November 2012. The film's budget is...

As human populations soar and agricultural resources dwindle, trees – through their interactions with people and the environment – provide important answers for the emerging food and climate crisis in the world’s tropical regions. That’s the message of a new book by eminent world authority on agroforestry, Roger Leakey, Vice-chairman of the International Tree Foundation and former Director of Research at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). In ‘Living...

With just seven months until L'Aquila commitment deadline, G8 leaders must fulfill their promises WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Obama's new food security and nutrition initiative announced earlier today is a welcome and significant step in the right direction, but the real success of the alliance will hinge on how successfully G8 leaders focus their investments on improving nutrition and engaging smallholder farmers. "We are pleased to see the...