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Ancient Rome Starvation
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Problem: Many people in ancient Rome are starving to death from the lack of food they are getting.
What people to contact / websites/ companys:

Helpful Websites:
[] [|www.freestorefoodbank.org] The average amount that a person makes a year is 46,326 dollars in the US

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Brian Weichertbweichert@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-4536 (office) John Young, President, CEOjyoung@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-3733 (office) Kurt Reiber, Presidentkreiber@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-3737 (office) Rick Gerwe, Chief Operating Officerrgerwe@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-7520 (office) Bernice Cooper, Vice President of Customer Connectionsbcooper@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 357-4817 (office) Jennifer Ebelhar, Vice President of Developmentjebelhar@freestoreFoodbank.org(513) 482-7539 (office) Brian MacConnell, Vice President of Communications and Strategic Planningbmacconnell@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-4505 (office)(513) 706-0140 (mobile) Julie Smith- Morrow, Vice President of Agency Relations and Special Programsjmorrow@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-4535 (office) Tim Weidner, CFOtweidner@freestorefoodbank.org (513) 482-7530 (office) Anna Hogan, Communications Managerahogan@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-4511 (office) Bill Kolb, Food Sourcing Managerbkolb@freestorefoodbank.org(513) 482-7554 (office)
 * Administrative Offices:**1141 Central ParkwayCincinnati, OH 45202(513) 482-4500
 * Customer Connection Center**112 E. Liberty St.Cincinnati, OH 45202-6510(513) 241-1064
 * Mayerson Distribution Center**1250 Tennessee Ave.Cincinnati, OH 45229
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Questions:
`What do your volenteer groups do to help people?, what are some techniques? `How do your groups help people overcome poverty? What are some leading causes of poverty? `Do you come into contact with local food banks? Are these local food banks succesful? ` What tactics have you seen that are not succelsful and are succesful? `where do you see the hunger rate in 5 years? Will it decrease or increase? `

Facts:
> Mississippi 19.4% > Texas 18.8% > Arkansas 18.6% > Alabama 17.3% > Georgia 16.9% > Ohio 16.4% > Florida 16.1% > California 15.9% > North Carolina 15.7%
 * 925 million people do not have enough to eat that is more than more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union combined.
 * Where is hunger the worst?
 * Asia and the Pacific: 578 million
 * Sub-Saharan Africa: 239 million
 * Latin America and the Caribbean: 53 million
 * Near East and North Africa: 37 million
 * Developed countries: 19 million
 * 60 percent of the world's hungry are women
 * one third of all childhood death in Saharan Africa is caused by hunger.
 * 22,000 children die each day due to conditions of poverty
 * 50 percent of hungry people are farming families.
 * 1.7 billion people lack access to clean water.
 * 1.4 billion people in developing countries live on $1.25 a day or less.
 * one in every five children in America—living in poverty, and more than 60 percent of fourth, eighth and 12th grade public school students are reading or doing math below grade level.
 * United States 14.6%