Food Fight’s mission is to help those most affected by the hunger crisis where ever they may be in the world. The following are just a few of the startling statistics concerning the hunger crisis today:

• Every six seconds a child dies from hunger-related diseases.
  (State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2004)
• According to the most conservative United Nations statistics, over 16,000 children die every day due to hunger-related diseases before they reach five years of age.
  (Human Rights Council. "Resolution 7/14. The right to food". United Nations, 2008)
• Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths.
  (The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)
• 1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union.
  (FAO news release, 2009)
• 10.9 million children under five die in developing countries each year.
  (The State of the World's Children, UNICEF, 2007)