ure. The plan succeeded in many ways. One example is that by 1951 Europe’s overall production rate had risen 37 percent. The four-point plan, the first major plan for the third world country soon followed the Marshall Plan and provided support to small technical assistance projects for a number of developing nations.13 Since the Marshall Plan in the late 40s, the U.S. has continued to help countries through foreign aid policies. However, foreign aid does not just come from countries it can also come from private voluntary organizations. Most often times these private organizations such as “Feed the Children” and the “Christian Children’s Fund” focus on small-scale projects directed toward the third world countries. Another solution to the problem of World Hunger is through education. The majorities of poor and hungry people around the world are illiterate or have little education. Providing these people with an education would allow them to act successful in the job market, and allow them a better understanding of the politics and conditions surrounding them. In this way education may also provide population control by educating women about birth control methods and family planning. Education may also enable farmers to learn better farming techniques and about food conservation. World hunger affects everyone on our plant, not just the poor or those living in third-world countries. Hunger touches each one of us because we, the taxpayers, are helping to aid it. Not only does it touch our pockets, but also it touches our conscious. How can anyone look at a starving child and not think about the food that they waste day in and day out. How can we stand by and watch people that go to work everyday like ourselves and cannot afford to feed their families. It is unfair that we live in a world where food is thrown out in the garbage rather than used to save the life of a child. Word Count: 1627 ...
