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ABOUT THE HUNGER SITE

Your click on the "Give Free Food" button funds food for the hungry,
paid for by site sponsors whose ads appear after you click and
provided to people in need around the world through the efforts of
Mercy Corps and America's Second Harvest.

HUNGER: DO YOU KNOW THE FACTS?

It is estimated that one billion people in the world suffer from
hunger and malnutrition. That's roughly 100 times as many as those
who actually die from these causes each year.

About 24,000 people die every day from hunger or hunger-related
causes. This is down from 35,000 ten years ago, and 41,000 twenty
years ago. Three-fourths of the deaths are children under the age of
five.

Famine and wars cause about 10% of hunger deaths, although these tend
to be the ones you hear about most often. The majority of hunger
deaths are caused by chronic malnutrition. Families facing extreme
poverty are simply unable to get enough food to eat.

In 1999, a year marked by good economic news, 31 million Americans
were food insecure, meaning they were either hungry or unsure of
where their next meal would come from. Of these Americans, 12 million
were children. The Hunger Site began on June 1, 1999.

Please remember to click every day to give help and hope to those
with nowhere to turn. Every click counts in the life of a hungry
person.

How you and others are helping

On May.04, visitors who clicked on the "Give Free Books" button
helped 823.1 children get a free book of their own. See Daily Results
for more info.

ABOUT THE LITERACY SITE

Remember the magic of your first book? Perhaps you were nestled in
the arms of a parent, or sharing a giggle with a friend. Whatever
your first memory of a book, books are a powerful tool; they stir the
senses, inspire the imagination and spark a love of reading that can
last a lifetime. But what of children who have no books? The Literacy
Site gives you a way to share the magic of books and promote the love
of reading among children who might otherwise never discover the joy
of their first book.

Your click on the red "Give Free Books" button at The Literacy Site
generates books for children in need, funded by site sponsors and
provided through our award winning charity partner, First Book. In
the last three years, First Book has distributed over 20 million
books to children in hundreds of communities.

The number of books we put in children's hands depends on the number
of visitors who click the "Give Free Books" button on The Literacy
Site. Please click every day, and encourage friends and family
members to do the same


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How you and others are helping:

On May.04, you and others who clicked on the "Feed an Animal in Need"
button helped provide 97,813 bowls of food to animals in shelters and
sanctuaries. See Daily Results for more info.