Every day over 1 billion people go to bed hungry – what can we do to stop this? How can we use technology to improve the lives of millions of people? How can we create clean sources of water and enough food?
How Can You Make a Difference?
Explore the cost of food around the world. How does it compare with your own experience? How much does a school meal cost to buy, how much does it cost to make? Learn about how the world food prices are rising and still 29 countries face extreme poverty. Water poverty affects millions of people — learn more about how lack of clean water affects the lives of women and children in the developing world every day.
Watch this film that looks at the issue of land rights, food security and foreign investment in Ethiopia. Learn how poverty has changed over the last 200 years and discover more data about individual countries. See how simple innovations such as better storage and tools are making a huge difference to African farmers.
Spend some time with your class better understanding the global nature of poverty and the vicious cycle that occurs. What is poverty in your country? What evidence is there in your local area?
How Does This Fit in My Curriculum?
- Geography: Why do some countries struggle and others do not?
- Science: Where does your water come from? Explore the water cycle and water conservation.
- History: How has industrialisation impacted agriculture, and what political decisions have changed things?
- Mathematics: Understanding and creation of infographics using public data on levels of poverty, including food prices etc.
Featured photo from Mario Vitor Bastos