"Hunger" this year nearly nine million children will die needlessly because of hunger related illnesses. Few of these deaths are related to starvation, but rather to common illnesses (such as diarrhea, measles, and malaria) that move in on vulnerable children whose bodies are weaken by hunger.  Hunger in the poor nations like Ghana and Niger overwhelming of majority of scenes are of malnutrition of children.


The world supply of food is not depleted is just that not everyone have access due to poverty. In the developing world 1.4 billion people live below the international poverty line earning less than 1.25 a day. Among the poor it is difficult to attain nutritious food as a result 1.0 billion people are undernourished. Freedom from Hunger organization has set a Credit with Education program is just such a strategy. The program includes transferring program technology that is developed to local people around the world and they are using it to help end world hunger through their own families and communities.


Here in America the one of the richest nations there is millions of working people don't know where their next meal is coming from month to month.  About one-sixth of Americans don't have enough food to eat. Here in America there are the food stamp programs, the SNAP programs, pantries and  farms subsidies govern by the Federal Government. These programs help but they are not the solution. I am a Head Start teacher and we service social economic disadvantage families and I hear stories all the time about parents who cannot feed their children. I always try to steer them to pantries that give away food on weekly basis. Head Start is a federal program  that has the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) which provides money to feed the children three times a day. I encourage my parents to bring their children everyday so that at least they get feed three times that day. America does has a advantage over other nations at least the government tries to help with hunger other nations don't have government support.


References:




https://www.freedomfromhunger.org/world-hunger-facts


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/hunger

Breast Feeding is a topic that is dear to me. I have always thought that breast feeding is best for the child. Nutrition starts with colostrum is a thick, high-calorie fluid secreted by the mother's breast. Compared to formula breast milk is sterile always at body temperature and rich in many nutrients for the brain and body. Babies who are exclusively breast fed are less often sick because breast milk provides antibodies and decreases allergies and asthma.

I chose breast feeding with my son because of the facts listed above and because of the bonding it creates between mother and child. Breast feeding is even recommend in countries in Africa where there are large number of HIV positive mothers because of the higher risk of the children dying of infections, diarrhea or malnutrition as a result of bottle feeding than the child getting HIV.

Breast feeding is not for everyone and with the advance in the creation formula has helped children grow to  be healthy and happy. The  new  information  about  formula  I  read  makes  me see that  formula  can  be almost  as good  as breastfeeding milk

Birthing experience: I am a mother of a twenty-five year old son and I still have vivid memories of his birth. I was in labor for fourteen hours and my labor was induced and that is the worst labor but I did have a epidural because the labor was so long. My son was getting to big for his amniotic sack and I was two weeks over due so they induced my labor. I remember the pain and my nurse who was calm and wonderful through it all. My favorite aunt was there to hold my hand and has help me raise my son over the years. He is still close with her. I welcome my son into the world on April 20 1990 at 2:28 am and that was greatest moment of my life. He is my joy and my heart and I enjoyed every moment raising to be the man is today. He is a smart and loving man with two degrees from Purdue University in Electrical Engineering.

As,I explore other birth around the world I see different birthing positions some I have heard of some I was surprise to see. I could not pick just one country. I instead went on google and typed in the prompt birth around the world. A article by Alice Proujans about a photographer who took pictures of woman giving birth in different countries looked interesting. I looked at the pictures and found some similarities and differences. The similarities were that the babies were placed close the mother's heartbeat after having the baby and there were midwives and hospitals. I did see that the hospitals were very simple where as in most states hospital birthing rooms are set up as a bedroom.Midwives were a common person who made the deliveries in most of the countries like Malan and Nigeria.

The one thing the article pointed out was in United States it is taboo to show a woman naked body and in other culture that don't have that problem. It is a difference in culture and how the women are seen in society. Birth is a beautiful experience and without it we can't live.

Child development starts with birth and how the birth goes for the babies can determine how the child develops later. A rough start does happen for babies but does not mean a rough childhood because of plasticity a child can adapt and grow to lead a normal life.