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Massachusetts Girl Flips For Action Against Hunger

What do you get when you mix third graders, gymnastics, and Action Against Hunger? An awesome 8th birthday party! Serena from Massachusetts found out just how to have fun and help others as she celebrated her 8th birthday in tumbling style – and raised over $300 to help end global malnutrition!

Climbing Mount Everest: Taking the Fight Against Hunger to New Heights

At 29 years of age, Sophie Denis is the youngest European woman—and only the 4th French woman—to climb the North Face of Mount Everest. She also happens to be the first female New Yorker in the banking industry to attempt this climb.

A Hike Against Hunger: College Couple Hike Appalachian Trail to Put a Stop to World Hunger

They'll Start Their Trek at Amicalola Falls, Georgia, on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at Noon.

Erica Zelfand, 20, from Sharon, Massachusetts, and Timothy Crespi, from Pearl River, New York, decided to make the 2,174 mile hike to draw attention to the possibility of ending hunger throughout the world. "There are so many potential solutions to hunger," said Zelfand. "Food is the simplest thing that people need, and hunger doesn't have to exist. Ending hunger is worth fighting for."

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Action Against Hunger is internationally recognized as a leader in the fight against global malnutrition. Action Against Hunger works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With over 30 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster, and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger runs life-saving programs in some 40 countries benefiting 5 million people each year.

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Facts about Hunger

925 million people suffer from hunger and malnutrition around the world. 

Malnutrition affects 32.5% of children in developing countries.

1 out of every 6 infants are born with low birth weight due to undernutrition among pregnant women in developing countries.

1 out of every 3 people in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

Hunger is number one on the list of the world's top 10 health risks. It kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

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