Most of us don't have to worry about our next meal because we know there is plenty of food available. But many people around the world are not that lucky. They live in hunger every day.
According to a recent U. N. report, about 113 million people around the world were influnenced by acute hunger last year. Acute hunger is the most serious hunger — it means those who will die soon if they don't have food. Nearly two-thirds of people facing acute hunger come from just eight countries where wars broke out often.
Besides, weather change and natural disasters (自然灾害) pushed another 29 million people into acute hunger in 2018, according to the report. This number includes people in southern Africa who faced dry weather last year.
U.N. World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley called for world leaders to take action in order to meet the U.N.'s goal of stopping hunger. He called on them to solve the problems that are causing so many people to go hungry.
China has worked hard to deal with its own hunger problem. The country has lifted 80 million people out of hunger since 2009, Xinhua reported
