Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

People who don’t get enough to eat become malnourished and suffer from malnutrition. Malnutrition is very dangerous to human health as it usually results in death when not dealt with; and as with other disastrous occurrences in the world, children are the most vulnerable and affected group.

The World Health Organization estimates that malnutrition accounts for 54 percent of child mortality worldwide. A lot of children are dying simply because they are not eating adequately and cannot afford to feed well. How sad!

We therefore cannot ignore hungry children, for in each child lies the future of a nation and the world at large. As meaningful citizens of our society, we should not watch poverty and hunger ravage little children who have no clue where their next meal will come from or whether it will come at all.

Hungry children who manage to survive as adults grow up to be angry and they take their frustration out on society by becoming societal menaces – stealing, killing and destroying lives and properties.

Sincerely, the way I see it is twofold; it’s either we pay the price or we pay the price.

If we do something about hungry children today, we reduce the risk of a dangerous tomorrow in our society, but if we turn our backs on them, we increase the risk of a troublesome environment where we would have to constantly watch our backs as we walk the streets.

Why don’t we pay the right price then? How? By standing with the InnerCity Mission to #EndChildPovertyNow! It would be well worth it.

All through this month and beyond, the InnerCity Mission through its #EndChildPovertyNow campaign would be actively providing food to indigent children and families in various inner cities around the world.

This is a direct response to the growing number of hungry children and poor families in the inner cities who lack the basic necessities of life and are unable to afford to feed their children even with a meal a day.

Children living in poverty lack the material, spiritual and emotional resources needed to survive, and are therefore unable to achieve their full potentials or participate as full and equal members of society.

The InnerCity Mission is committed to providing nutritious food to hungry children living in the inner cities of our world, to give them a hope and future.

As the world commemorates World Food Day, let’s join hands with the InnerCity Mission in providing much needed food to indigent children and families. Through the #EndChildPovertyNow campaign, you can sponsor meals for children or monthly food supplies for families.

You can sponsor monthly food supplies for a family, 1 meal or as many meals as possible. The life of a child depends on it.

Click HERE to take action NOW!