World Food Day in Schools
World Food Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness and improve understanding within Irish schools of the issues and challenges of hunger, poverty and food supply and distribution in the world.
Each year schools across Ireland mark the occasion, while resources are developed and distributed to support a deeper understanding of the issues that WFD seeks to address.
Food For Thought
Click here to download Food for Thought 2013 booklet
In 2014 an educational poster providing information about food supply in Ireland and around the world has been produced to mark World Food Day.
The ‘Food for Thought’ infographic poster is a companion publication to the educational booklet ‘Food for Thought’ which was produced in 2013.
Click here to download Food for Thought 2014 poster
Both the booklet and this year’s ‘Food for Thought’ poster were the result of a collaboration between The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Gorta-Self Help Africa, Agri-Aware and Concern Worldwide.
To order a hard copy of the poster or activity book please call the Department of Agriculture on 01 607 2289
Global Hunger Index
Each year on World Food Day Concern Worldwide in association with the International Food Policy Research Institute and Welthungerhilfe release a report on the state of hidden hunger across the globe.
This year’s Global Hunger Index report shows that, since 1990, progress has been made in reducing hunger. However, global hunger levels remain unacceptably high; sixteen countries have levels of hunger that are described as “alarming” or “extremely alarming.”
Other School Resources
Poster Competition
Each year the FAO run a World Food Day poster competition for young people, generating entries from across the world. This is a great opportunity to engage artistic energy to addressing issues of importance in a fun and imaginative way.
Go to the website to see the rules, prizes and examples of posters that have already been submitted from previous years. The deadline to submit is September 30, 2014.
The Hunger Map
Produced by DevelopmentEducation.ie and Concern Worldwide – suitable for Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle levels, this is a 20 page briefing paper with an interactive world map introducing the shape and hunger in the world today.
Go to the website for further explanation, links to download and order free physical copies.
FAO Infographics
The FAO reproduce their top line stats into easily digested and easily downloaded infographics displays. Accessible here.