Poverty and Hunger
girls worldwide say “together we can end extreme poverty and hunger” |
Connect to other Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world |
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Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world can help end this humanitarian crisis once and for all. |
As an organization dedicated to the empowerment of girls and the valuing of girls, we have a significant contribution to make to eliminating hunger and poverty. If we share best practice and expertise, support different projects around the world and attend international advocacy events we will be much more effective. So join hands with your sisters around the world to help eradicate hunger and poverty. |
Join the Stand up campaign |
Run an advocacy project and get involved in events or campaigns |
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WAGGGS encourages everyone to join hands and Stand Up on 17-19 of September just before leaders arrive at the major summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The campaign urges everybody to think of creative ways to generate a noise which is also relevant to their particular area or scope of work. The possibilities for creative noise-making are vast! Find more information. |
Girl Guides and Girl Scouts can help transform the lives of girls and young women around the world by advocating on their behalf and being active global citizens. |
Today, 30,000 children die every day from poverty and neglect, and two billion people live without adequate food and basic needs. This is unacceptable in a world that has enough food to feed everyone. 
Poor nutrition plays a role in at least half of the 10.9 million child deaths each year. Yet there is enough food in the world to feed the population and it is often gender inequality which traps girls and women into vicious poverty cycles.
