16. lis 2010.

Svetski dan hrane

16. oktobar je Svetski dan hrane.
Alarmantan podatak svetske zdravstvene organizacije:

U SVETU JE GLADNO PREKO 850 MILIJONA LJUDI!

Svetski dan hrane, proglašen je 1979. godine u znak obeležavanja dana osnivanja FAO-a - Organizacije za hranu i poljoprivredu pri Ujedinjenim narodima na dan 16. oktobra 1945. godine. Uprkos naporima WHO-a i FAO-a da se pokuša smanjiti broj pothranjenih kao i broj oboljelih ljudi od posledica pothranjenosti, prema službenim podacima FAO-a ipak je gladno preko 850 milijona ljudi. Ukoliko se hitno ne preduzmu odredjene mere, situacija bi se mogla pogoršati, a najcrnje su prognoze za sledećih par desetljeća!!! Na drugoj strani milioni su i pretilih zbog prekomernog konzumiranja nezdrave hrane i vodjenja nezdravog zivota.





Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993)British actress and humanitarian.
Her war-time experiences inspired her passion for humanitarian work, and although she had worked for UNICEF since the 1950s, during her later life she dedicated much of her time and energy to the organization. From 1988 until 1992, she worked in some of the most profoundly disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America and Asia. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. In 1999, she was ranked as the third greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.