Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness: International Perspectives

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) New Zealand report, September 2011.

248 pages

Every Child Counts found more than 200,000 children are living below the poverty line – more than half of them Maori or Pacific.

From this site, click on an individual country to see specific info. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, reaching more than 97 million people in 80 countries with food assistance last year.

World Food Program USA builds support for WFP through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
Solving World Hunger; What WFP Does; Ways to Give; Start a Fundraiser; Nuts and Bolts of Food Aid; Roadmap to End Global Hunger.

Linked from the World Food Programme; each correct answer generates 10 grains of rice

Info by country; State of the World's Children

a portal ie links to lots of info

For purposes of this topic area, look at Economic Development, Food Security,Microfinance, Women's empowerment