Hunger
Sustained inability to eat sufficient food
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In politics, humanitarian aid, and social science, hunger is a condition in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs. So in the field of hunger relief, the term hunger is used in a sense that goes beyond the common desire for food that all humans experience.
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Help the Hungry: What it's like to volunteer on the frontline during a pandemic'Without routine, I can't cope. I would not be here if it wasn't for this project,' one helper saysIndependent - Published | |
Bid on Sir Peter Blake's artwork in Help the Hungry auction, say Dame Judi Dench and Joanna Lumley'I'm very glad that maybe my left eyebrow has gone to good use,' says Dame Judi DenchIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Dizzee Rascal returns to his old neighbourhood to distribute emergency food suppliesRap star volunteers at east London primary school boosted by deliveries from campaign partner The Felix ProjectIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Stanley Tucci and top chefs 'rhyme for restaurants' in support of our appealPoem celebrates the work being done in the hard-hit hospitality sector during pandemicIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Restaurants help to feed key workersKitchens open up to cook meals for NHS staffIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Volunteers cook for neighbours struggling without food during crisis'I can't bear the thought of anyone going hungry,' says volunteer cook, organiser and delivery driver Katie-Louise BarberIndependent - Published | |
YouTube star KSI joins Independent 'Help the Hungry' campaign to distribute food during coronavirus'It was a pleasure to be a part of this, I would love to do more in the future'Independent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: WWII generation thanks 'heroes' getting nation through current crisisVolunteers delivering food packages 'should get a medal after all this,' says Army veteranIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Wembley Stadium taken over by food charity to provide 140,000 meals per weekOur appeal partner The Felix Project is providing food for the ventureIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Top restaurant chefs join forces to provide free meals for familiesFood is going to those reliant on free school mealsIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Our appeal raises £3.5m as food crisis deepensThe Felix Project now delivers quadruple the amount of food as Phoebe Waller Bridge pledges her supportIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: UK food crisis 'escalating' due to economic impact of lockdown, experts warn'The economic factors pushing people into food insecurity are only going to get worse,' says Food Foundation chiefIndependent - Published | |
Help the Hungry: Volunteers save vegetables from going to waste to feed those in needMore than six tonnes of food secured for our appealIndependent - Published | Help the Hungry: Our campaign raises £3m for the vulnerableFelix Project now delivering equivalent of 100,000 meals a dayIndependent - Published |
Help the Hungry: Cyclists sign up to help deliver free meals to vulnerable people'I wanted to do my bit,' says one volunteer using his bike to drop off freshly cooked food at the doors of desperate LondonersIndependent - Published | Help the Hungry: UK food waste czar Ben Elliot warns coronavirus pandemic could leave millions hungryEight million British people face food insecurity and 3 million have already gone hungry since the lockdown, according to the Food Foundation, writes Arjun Neil AlimIndependent - Published |
Help the Hungry: New volunteers sign up to help huge emergency food aid operation'I had some extra time, and I really wanted to do something useful with it,' says 30-year-old marketing executive now helping pack parcels going out to vulnerable peopleIndependent - Published | Help the Hungry: Charities working hard to get 'tsunami' of food to people in need, as industry rallies behind campaign'We're scaling up very quickly so we can help as many as we possibly can,' says CEO of food surplus charity The Felix ProjectIndependent - Published |
Help the Hungry: The food charities that need volunteers to get supplies to neighbours'The big change is the financial hardship we're seeing – and the huge level of demand,' says charity bossIndependent - Published | |
