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From: "Margarita Oliver" <pegtoliver@earthlink.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:972] Re: hunger in USA
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You're exactly right; distribution has always been a huge problem regarding
hunger. However, I believe we need to think beyond the "charity" of
artificial redistribution, except to those who are truly helpless. If
education and literacy levels are raised purposely, appropriately,
consistently, people will be increasingly able to "distribute" the food to
themselves. Some of those who are educated and still poor have enough
confidence to start their own "free enterprise." Others need programs that
help them do that. Once they get their high school diploma or GED, many
people can get financial aid for the further training and education that is
increasingly necessary.
I haven't addressed -- here -- the huge need to ADDRESS and FEATURE
adult education and literacy, nationwide, or the huge need to teach,
individually and self-paced -- reading, writing, and math -- at EVERY level.
-----Original Message-----
From: mev@litwomen.org <mev@litwomen.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov>
Date: Friday, November 22, 2002 6:33 AM
Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:970] Re: hunger in USA
>it's not as simple as "poverty" or "lack of education" -- there are
>numbers of working families who need food assistance.
>sorry - I don't have information at my finger tips - but I was under
>the impression that the problem's around hunger is with distribution -
>in fact, there IS enough food for the world and the hungry - we just
>don't distribute it well or justly or humanely.
>
>Some websites to explore:
>Food Share - http://www.foodshare.net/
>Minnesota Food Share (there are several in the US) has a fact sheet
>that's interesting - http://www.gmcc.org/MFS/
>Bread for the World has information as well - http://www.bread.org/ --
>their faq sheet may be useful -
>http://www.bread.org/hungerbasics/faq.html
>
>FoodFirst also has a wealth of information as well. -
>http://www.foodfirst.org/ - a searh on this site for "food
>distribution" scored a number of hits.
>
>another interesting site is the Hunger Web -
>http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/
>
>hope this helps
>Mev
>-
>On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 11:41 PM, Margarita Oliver wrote:
>
>> As I see it, "hunger" -- in today's world -- is at least related to a
>> lack
>> of education. I believe that every poor community in every state is
>> made up
>> largely of undereducated, underliterate adults and older youth. This
>> population is almost totally ignored in Texas, but I believe this is
>> true in
>> every state. Open-minded ATTENTION to this could begin alleviating it
>> immediately. State Education Boards' emphasis on ratcheting up the
>> "standards" (egged on by Business) without one iota of attention to
>> raising
>> the level of education in the poor communities -- red, yellow, brown,
>> black,
>> or white -- is an exercise in futility, "leaving behind" a whole
>> population
>> of perfectly intelligent people who feel like nobodies.
>> Peg Thompson Oliver
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harry Forster <hforster@strato.net>
>> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov>
>> Date: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:45 AM
>> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:967] hunger in USA
>>
>>
>>> I know a student doing a paper at Rutgers on hunger in the USA. When
>>> he
>>> reads books and papers he sees that the problem is solved with
>>> privatization. When he contacts private organizations they are
>>> overwhelmed. Does anyone have insight to this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your cooperation and help
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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