hunger

During the last eight weeks, while I’ve been in Niger, I’ve often been overwhelmed by the scale of the problems people face here. It’s not just the current food crisis and the number of people who are going hungry now but also the future and what this has in store.

The G8 summit has now drawn to a close and the Deerhurst resort in Muskoka will be getting back to normal. The world leaders flew back to Toronto by helicopter with Obama and Cameron flying together to start their bilateral meeting. Apparently Cameron and Merkel will be watching the England v Germany World Cup match together tomorrow and the press are invited can't imagine he'll look anything other than awkward!

If you haven’t had a chance yet, be sure to check out this article in the New York Times that provides a detailed, intimate report of the ongoing famine in Niger.
A brief excerpt:

Blog Critics has a piece today echoing Roger Thurow’s call last week to appoint a “global hunger envoy”. William Lambers, author of the Blog Critics piece elaborates:
But the U.S. response to hunger needs a leader.