Learning is an ongoing process
We educate ourselves, we educate others, and we educate ourselves again.
United in the belief that no person should go hungry
What is hunger?
Many of our partners work in places where hunger and conflict are closely connected. They help communities facing violence, displacement, and a lack of food. They also see how peace can reduce hunger, and how having enough food can help build peace. Lasting peace helps families and communities provide healthy food for themselves.
Canadian International Assistance (also called Official Development Assistance, or ODA) plays an important role in addressing the root causes of hunger and conflict, such as poverty and injustice. Through our members and their partners, Canadian ODA supports communities around the world—and you can help too.
To mark World Food Day, Foodgrains Bank offers educational resources and activities for individuals and groups of all ages to learn about the complex causes of hunger and the impacts of food insecurity on communities. Setting the Table for Peace is about understanding the complex causes of hunger, so we can address them and ensure people have plenty of nutritious food on their tables. Peace is more than just the absence of conflict. It is where people have everything they need, including a table full of nutritious food. Setting the Table for Peace is about empowering communities to do just that.
Forced to Flee
Host a Forced to Flee simulation with your church group, youth group or other community group. Through this activity, participants experience the difficult decisions faced by refugees and others displaced by conflict. It can be a powerful way for individuals and groups to better understand the realities of conflict, forced displacement and hunger.
Video Resource: Conflict and Hunger, Forced to Flee
Millions of people around the world are impacted by hunger. Many of them are refugees. Watch this short video about how conflict impacts families and communities, cutting people off from their farms and means of feeding their families. Learn more about the Forced to Flee simulation.
Foodgrains Bank Brief: Conflict and Hunger
From our research and in talking to partners on the ground we know that conflict is a main cause of hunger. Read Foodgrains Bank’s brief on Conflict and Hunger and learn about the connections, plus imagine and think about how peace plays a role in increasing food security, including through empowering communities to set their own tables full of nutritious food.
3 minutes to watch & learn
Let’s Talk about ODA!
Countries like Canada can help support communities around the world facing hunger by providing international assistance, also known as ODA – Official Development Assistance. ODA can help empower communities, working through our members and their partners, to set tables full of nutritious food.
And it’s not just about charity—ODA helps create trade opportunities, boosts economies, and encourages education, while building a better future for everyone. It’s where communities are empowered to set their own tables full of nutritious food.
Breaking the cycle of Hunger
10 minutes to play & learn
Did you know that most of the people who experience hunger globally are small-scale farmers. After years of progress against global hunger the number of hungry people in the world is rising again.
Take turns rolling the die and moving around the gameboard as a small-scale farmer in a developing country. You have enough food to get by day-to-day but don’t have food stored for the future. You don’t have money to spend on learning and experimenting with new farming methods. Your goal is to break the cycle of food shortage and hunger.
