Today is World Food Day, aiming to draw people's attention to food and agriculture. While you may enjoy a big meal or tasty snacks, many around the world suffer food shortages or a lack of food security. Let's take a look at some of the food people suffering from poverty or war have to eat.
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Indian schoolgirls eat a midday meal provided free at a government school in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. India has offered free midday school meals since the 1960s in an effort to persuade poor parents to send their children to school, a program that reaches some 120 million children. The country now plans to subsidize wheat, rice and cereals for some 800 million people under a $20 billion scheme to cut malnutrition and ease poverty. [Photo/IC] |
