Oct. 16 is World Food Day

Hunger affects nearly 870 million people worldwide.

Raising Awareness  - Launched in 1945 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Food Day initiative continues to shine a light on the world hunger crisis. Keep reading for a look at how hunger impacts people around the world and learn about what you can do to help. —Britt Middleton (Photo: worldfooddayusa)

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Raising Awareness  - Launched in 1945 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Food Day initiative continues to shine a light on the world hunger crisis. Keep reading for a look at how hunger impacts people around the world and learn about what you can do to help. —Britt Middleton (Photo: worldfooddayusa)

What Are We Bringing to the Table? - Other nations hold summits with African leaders, Rhodes acknowledged. "We very much wanted this summit to be focused on the distinct and U.S.-African partnership. And what we believe is unique about the American contribution is our focus on African capacity-building and integrating Africa into the global economy and security order." And according to Obama, "Africa also happens to be one of the continents where America is most popular and people feel a real affinity for our way of life. He also said that America's relationship with Africa includes not just traditional aid but also "partnering and thinking about how we can trade more and how we can do business together... [which] is the kind of relationship that Africa is looking for." (Photo: REUTERS/Antony Njuguna)

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Building Partnerships - This year's theme, “Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world," focuses on investing in small farmers, fishermen, livestock keepers and forest holders in rural communities and giving them access to education, tools and services they need to increase food production and create new jobs in their communities.  (Photo: REUTERS/Antony Njuguna)

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Global Issue  - While the number of hungry people in the world has decreased by 130 million in the past 20 years, the United Nations predicts that rising costs of oil and grain, growing use of biofuels and changes in weather conditions will exacerbate global hunger rates in 2013. (Source: FAO) (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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In Great Need - War-torn and ravaged by drought conditions that brought its food production to the lowest in the world, sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world. In 2010, 239 million residents were estimated to be undernourished and as much as 47 percent of the population was living on $1.25 a day or less. (Source: World Hunger Education Service) (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Asia's Struggle - Based on population, Asia and the Pacific Islands reported hunger rates at 578 million people in 2010, the highest rates of hunger in the world. The rate was exacerbated by flooding and waterlogging following monsoons and other severe weather conditions. (Source: World Hunger Education Service)   (Photo: REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo)

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Asia's Struggle - Based on population, Asia and the Pacific Islands reported hunger rates at 578 million people in 2010, the highest rates of hunger in the world. The rate was exacerbated by flooding and waterlogging following monsoons and other severe weather conditions. (Source: World Hunger Education Service)  (Photo: REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo)

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Poverty in America - While lower in comparison to other nations, poverty rates in America remain a concern for humanitarian organizations. In 2011, 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty, although the number of people in poverty decreased for noncitizens, people living in the South and people "living inside metropolitan statistical areas but outside principal cities between 2010 and 2011." (Source: The U.S. Census Bureau)(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Making Ends Meet  - Among African-American households, one in four (25.1 percent) of families had difficulties feeding their families in 2010, according to a recent report from Bread for the World, a Christian organization focused on ending global hunger.(Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Supporting America's Most Vulnerable - Only 43 percent of people in an Oct. 4 Pew Poll agreed that the government should help those in need, even if it means going into debt, down from 48 percent in 2009 and 54 percent in 2007.   (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Uncertain Future - More than one-third (39.1 percent) of all African-American children live in poverty, compared with one in five children in the country as a whole. Nearly 33 percent of Black households with children struggled to put food on the table compared to 20.2 percent of all U.S. households with children. (Source: Bread for the World) (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Getting Involved - Raising awareness about global hunger can be as simple as joining a local hunger coalition or organizing a food packaging event in your community. To find out about more ways you can help, visit the official World Food Day website.  (Photo: GettyImages)

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