Nearly 870 million people worldwide are suffering from chronic malnutrition, the majority of which live in developing countries. The reason behind malnutrition lies in the current food system as it puts the interests of big agricultural businesses and distribution companies first. Benjamin Serra Studies show that there is […]
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Playing with hunger
90% of food produced annually belongs to only 10 major multinationals. Companies which put their own profits before human lives. 1,000 million people suffer from starvation on a planet where food is abundant. . Ramón Alabau . Whilst Nestlé bottles and sells Pakistan’s underground water for high prices, many of […]
“Reel Iraq”: culture stops for no war
From the 21st to the 25th of March, this London festival hosts a number of activities showcasing Iraq’s cultural development during the conflict that began in 2003. . March 20th marks 10 years since the US and UK led military invasion of the South-East Asian country. The justification given by […]
The sad and dirty faces of Dominican children
Edwin’s height barely reaches halfway up the windscreen of a Toyota Corolla, which is parked in a corner of the Dominican capital and nonetheless the boy, ten-years-old, tries to clean it to earn some money. . Diony Sanabia Abadia . The change of the traffic lights speeds up the boy’s […]
The difference between being born in Norway and Niger
The 2012 Save the Children report reveals some worrying statistics, 2.6 million children die every year due to malnutrition, and one in four children worldwide suffer chronic malnutrition. _ Miriam Valero The food a child receives from the female uterus and during the first two years of life is crucial […]