Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Hunger and poverty is everywhere. From here in the United States to all the way to South Africa many people are either living in poverty, are unemployed, hungry, or even all of the above. I personally worked with a struggling family that reached out to my church, they had five kids and two adults living in a two bedroom apartment. Both of the parents were unemployed and all the children were too young to work.  This family was a wake up call for me, I thought poverty and hunger were only in poor countries but now I realize its very evident in the United States as well as many other countries.  One of the many facts I found interesting was that while the proportion of  undernourished people globally decreased from 2.3 per cent in 1990-1992 to 14.9 per cent in 2010-2012, this still leaves 870 million people going hungry. That is one in eight people worldwide! That's crazy. There are so many ways to help and you can learn more about them at this link .