Inspired by Mission 2 I did some research on food (in)security in Austria.
As Austria is one of the richest countries in the EU I was quite shure that the number of people suffering from undernourishment might not be very high. The statistics I found proofed this to be quite right.
Regarding to FAO Statistical Yearbook 2007/08 the number of undernourished people in Austria is lower than 5%.
Another interesting fact I found out is that while about 13% of Austria's population run a high risk of poverty (less than 785 € per month=26 € a day=38.636$ a day) there are more than 75% Indians, Nigerian, and so on living on less than 2$ a day (= a little more than 1€ a day).
So there's a question: What's poverty? In Austria it seems that poverty starts where the participation in a "normal" social way of life is limited but hunger does not necessarily have to be a part of poverty. In many other parts of the world, I think, a poor Austrian would be regarded as rich.
So here's the challenge I think: In many parts of Europe this situation might be the same as it is in Austria and people (including myself) just can't magine how it is to not have any food or save water at all!
At the moment for me it's important to raise awareness in my familiy and my circle of friends that each and everyone of us is able to and responsible for making our world a better place and contributing our share to social justice.
Link:http://www.welthaus.at/layout/pics/verkehrte_weltkarteA0.pdf?SID=d1...
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