Speech blog

What are the basic necessities of life? You will recall learning probably the five in early elementary science classes or even before. First on the list is oxygen. Next is water. Third is food. Shelter and clothing were probably on the list you learned, but aren't necessarily necessities of human life. Oxygen is free and abundant for all. Water covers the earth and flows naturally all over the planet. Water isn't as abundant as oxygen, but is there and in all parts can be found for free. Food, also abundantly covering the Earth in countless forms, natural and man made. Out of the three basic necessities of life food of course,although abundant is the least accessable. Without one of the basic necessities of life a human being will die. Hunger may not be technically listed as the number one cause of death, but it is the most important most preventable cause of death. You must have food to survive and live. Without food and proper nutrition a human being will die. Of all the global problems we concern ourselves with, the most important seems to have the least focus. Without food there is no human. Without food there is no human to care for, to educate, to teach, to love, to pray for that they get better, to pray that they succeed in life, to improve this world we live in, because they did not receive a basic necessity of life. All the problems, pleasures, materials, and ideas we have are nonexistant if we are non-existant. oxygen plus water plus food equals life. Too often a part to this equation is missing causing the solution to be nonexistant.
This speech is not meant to make any one feel guilty or sad  or to ask that you give all your money to this cause, but to enlighten you of the most important global problem that can so easily be prevented, and how you can help in so many ways.
Have you ever felt hunger before? We all have to some extent, some more than others., but have you ever felt a hunger that you knew would only grow, having no idea when it would subside, literally fearing for your life? As awrestler, cutting weight I have felt strong painful hunger, but I always know there is a meal waiting for me after weigh-ins, I never fear I'll starve. According to squidoo.com over 870 million people do not have enough to eat and this fear is a reality. 98% of these people live in developing countries, but don't forget the people of out very own developed country where food really is everywhere. 1 in 6 people in the U.S. are hungry. Think about when you walk down the halls of school, or sit in the cafeteria. You will unlikely be able to pick out specific people but you see fellow students everyday who will go home to no food. There homes are food insecure- defined by world hunger.com as a household in which occupants live in hunger or live in danger of starvation. Think about how food secure your house is. Most of us can probably open our fridge, or cabinet, or freezer, or drawer and make a pizza, a sandwich, have a full meal. Our houses are very food secure. Much of our food will sometimes go uneaten, to waste. Its not only kids in Africa that are starving, its kids and adults alike all over the world who are fighting for their lives because they're not getting that basic necessity of life that we take so much for granted. Too many human beings approximately 20,864  a day die of hunger related problems. undernutrition contributes to five milion deaths of children under 5 each year in developing countries. That is 5 million children who never got a chance to get an education, get a job, worry about problems, write speeches, and  contribute to the world. These are all deaths which could so easily be prevented with something as simple as food. Cancer,aids, and many other diseases have no absolute cure, the death of their victims are mourned , but it is known everything was done to try and cure it and save the life. Hunger has a definite cure, and it is very cheap, so why are we not focused on something we have the cure and ability to save millions ov lives? We are instead focusing our money towards war and fighting, taking lives instead of  saving them. For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years.
What is stopping us from helping as individuals, as a country? Some people argue that thepeople are poor and hungry are that way becausethey didnt work hard in school or didnt go to school at all. Have you ever tried to focus on an empty stomach.? Try taking a math test when the only problem you really need to solve is the one mentioned in the first paragraph. When your life evolves around surviving, trying to find your next meal, it is hard to worry about anything else. malnutrition effects cognitive functioning and brain development. Its a vicious cycle from parent to child that continues until the hunger is solved or death takes away the pain. other than this argument i honestly don't understand what is stopping us, perhaps lack of education and realization. Im not sure exactly. Many can point to carelessness in our ecess food throwing it away, letting it spoil and rot. That could be part of the problem, and another big part of it is the inequality. Look at more developed nations, like our very own country. We are "struggling way more with obesity than hunger. Its sad to say that too many of us are receiving too much of a necessity of life and dying, while others are receiving little to none of that very same necessity. The food is unevenly distributed and we simply except it. It may sound childish , but we need to learn to share and distibute this necessity of life evenly, because no man is made more powerful or wealthier or better in anyway by having more food and being more obese as a man with money is. World hunger out of all the probems and conflicts we are plagued with is the most possible to solve.
This will not turn into one of those sad commercials showing a famished child asking for a dime a day, but I'd like to share with you how we can all work together to solve this problem. The first solution of course is money, you can look up any website and find hundreds of organizations aimed on giving that basic necessity to a human being so that they may survive. If youre uncomfortable giving money or don't have money to give, you can volunteer at the soup kitchen, and other food banks, Donate your excess food instead od letting it go to waste, call local restaurants and ask for them to donate their extra food. Even better there are several websites who give money through advertising by you just clicking like on hungersite.com or playing a game like on Freerice.com. Probably our best hope in getting the most impact is through our own government. The united Nations estimated that ending world hunger would cost only 195 billion a year.  22 countries have pledged to donate this money by contributing 0.7% less than 1% of their national income to international aid. This goal has yet to be reached in the U.S. You can help by going to Poverty.com and mailing the letter for the cause on their website.
Too many ways exist for Hunger to still be a problem. No human should die from not receiving a basic necessity of life. This world was created with all the necessities for all of its inhabitants to live. World hunger is one problem we can solve, and who knows once it is solve world peace could be next.