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BIO-319 Hunger and the Global Environment Project Overview Purpose: To research and plan an activity to help end hunger locally or globally and discuss the rationale for involvement from a Christian World View. Instructions: Incorporate a Christian World View into a project related to Hunger, Food Insecurity, or Malnutrition. Over the next several weeks, you will have the opportunity to research and become involved in an organization of your choice related to this topic. Monetary donations are not a requirement of this assignment. Be sure you are working with a reputable organization and are safe while participating (i.e., donating food or money to the homeless on the street, while by yourself, or in an unsafe neighborhood, is not a safe choice). In addition, there are many organizations for which you may volunteer without the need of a car. 1. Hunger and Global Environment Project: Paper Due 750-1,000-word document to be submitted individually. You may use reputable websites, but be sure your facts are accurate. a. Briefly state global and local hunger and food insecurity issues (how prevalent is this issue). b. Summarize the physical findings used in nutritional assessments for malnutrition (Table E-5 in new textbook) c. Research information on three different organizations that address local or global hunger or malnutrition. Summarize who they are, how they got started, what they do, and how/when/where college students could get involved. Quote their mission statement. Are they a faith-based organization, if so what affiliation? If not, what is their affiliation? i. Ideas: Community garden, Feed my starving Children, Waste not AZ, Food donation, Feeding America, Hunger Project, Children’s Hunger Fund, St. Mary’s foodbank, Phoenix Rescue Mission, Give a HECK, Etc. ii. GCU campus opportunity: Local Outreach Homeless Ministry is a student-led ministry of the Office of Spiritual Life. This partnership with St. Vincent DePaul gives GCU students the opportunity to serve the hungry and homeless of Phoenix on Monday nights and Thursday mornings weekly. Students carpool or ride together in GCU fleet vans, volunteering their time, hard-work, and presence to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of those 500 plus individuals who seek out assistance weekly. Describe a plan of implementation. How will you get involved? How can a college student get involved? d. "Why would college students get involved with this organization?” Quote a related Bible verse then describe a rationale for action against hunger from the beliefs of the Christian worldview. Below are some examples, but you may include any others you feel meet the criteria. © 2019. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved. i. Bible verses related to Global Hunger: https://www.openbible.info/topics/helping_the_poor ii. Interpretations about generosity and duty to the poor: http://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_generosity.htm iii. A Biblical Response to Poverty that also covers hunger: http://www.biblicaltheology.com/Research/AdewunmijuPO01.pdf e. After involvement in an organization of your choice, discuss: i. Has this changed your perception of hunger? If so, how. If not, why? How would this apply to your future, professionally or personally? . © 2019. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
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According to surveys by done by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), it is estimated that close to 815 million people of the world’s population have been
suffering from food shortages leading to malnutrition. It was also established that the majority of
people suffering from hunger live in both low and medium income countries. The estimates also
show that children are most affected by the issue of hunger and malnutrition among the identified
population. Poverty, conflicts, political instability, climate change and inappropriate food and
agricultural policies have been identified as the leading causes of hunger in the world ("World
Hunger, Poverty Facts, Statistics 2018", 2018). However, some organizations such as Action
against Hunger, Feed my Starving Children, Children’s Hunger Fund and Food for the Hungry
have been fighting hunger both locally and globally.
Action Against Hunger has been addressing the hunger problem in the world. Having been
formed over 40 years ago, the organization has r...


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