According to United Nations, statistics show women are more likely to be poor than men. Our goal is to bring awareness of poverty to the communities and teach people to be self reliant. WAPAH will be available to provide one of the most important yet basic human rights to ordinary people, during times of extraordinary tribulation, by trying to help them to secure their humanity through the provision of food. The right to food is a human right derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The United Nations Special Report in 2002 defined it as follow:
Right to adequate food is a human right, inherent in all people, to have regular, permanent and unrestricted access, either directly or by means of financial purchases, to quantitatively and qualitatively adequate and sufficient food corresponding to the cultural traditions of people to which the consumer belongs, and which ensures a physical and mental, individual and collective fulfilling and dignified life free of fear.
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Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That's about one in nine people on earth. - State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2015
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The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 13.5 percent of the population is undernourished. - State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2015
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Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total. The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in recent years but in western Asia it has increased slightly. - State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2015
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished - State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2015
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Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year. - Series on Maternal and Child Nutrition, The Lancet, 2013
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One out of six children (roughly 100 million) in developing countries is underweight. - Global health Observatory, WHO, 2012
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One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three. - Prevalence and Trends of Stunting among Children, Public Health Nutrition, 2012
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If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million. - Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development
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If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million. - Women in Agriculture: Closing the Gender Gap for Development
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WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school age children. - Two Minutes to Learn About School Meals, WFP, 2012