Hunger is the world's most shocking problem. The world produces enough food for everyone, yet more than 2 million children die every year because they can’t get enough to eat.
This is wrong.
These photos explain just a few of the reasons why children go hungry, and what UNICEF does to help more children get enough food.
We want 2013 to be the beginning of the end of world hunger.
We've joined with over 100 charities to campaign for a fairer food system. We're raising our voice to tell the UK Government to take a lead in ending world hunger for good.
These children in Chandrapur, India are eating their midday meal. A third of the world's malnourished children live in India. School dinners are a great way of making sure that children get at least one proper meal each day.
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This little girl in Niamey, Niger is enjoying a slice of watermelon with her mum. It's a rare treat in a country that's been hit by drought.
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These are anza berries. For many families in drought-affected areas of Niger, they're all that's available to eat. The berries need to be pounded, washed with soap and then cooked for three days before they can be eaten. And even then, they don’t provide much nutrition.
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Four-year-old Mame eats a packet of super-nutritious peanut paste at a hospital in Sierra Leone. This is pretty amazing stuff. It can help bring a severely malnourished child back to health in just a month.
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A woman turns to smile at her laughing baby as she works in a vegetable garden in Noussou, Burkina Faso. She's part of a small women's farming collective that's managed to produce vegetables year-round, despite drought across West Africa. Initiatives like this are part of a national effort, supported by UNICEF, to reduce child hunger.
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Here are some of the local aubergines grown by the co-operative.
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In Chad, children play in a vegetable garden in the town of Bol. It used to be a lake-side town, but with more and more of the country becoming desert, the lake is now several kilometres away. This garden is maintained by a local environmental NGO.
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A boy who previously lived on the streets eats a meal at a UNICEF-supported children’s shelter in Baku, Azerbaijan. The centre provides food, shelter, medical care, counselling, education and vocational training, safe play areas and other support for children living on the streets. It also helps to reunite them with their families.
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