Our goal is to take measures to improve the climate situation and feed poor children.
Deforestation is a global phenomenon caused by a number of factors. These factors range from large-scale slashing and burning practices, to unsustainable agriculture, to the daily destruction of society’s forests.
Regions most affected by deforestation are very poor and underdeveloped areas. With few opportunities to support families, members of poor communities are often forced to destroy their local environment in order to survive, such as cutting down trees for construction, fuel, heating and agricultural use. While this solves a short-term problem, long-term consequences occur when forests are cut down and not restored. The impact of deforestation is dramatic because it causes severe flooding, erosion and desertification. The long-term effects of deforestation lead to even worse environmental damage.
There are two key elements to successful afforestation. The first is that afforestation must be to the benefit of the local population. Due to the unsustainable relationship between the country and the people, societies suffering from deforestation are often the same as those living in extreme poverty. It is important to be committed to and work with local villages and communities to achieve a successful and long-lasting afforestation effort. Eden Reforestation Projects uses an “Employ to Plant” methodology for the benefit of the members of the local communities where we plant. Through steady employment, poor villagers can begin to afford daily necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, and medicine.
We at Soly have great faith in this solution and are one of the reasons why we have started the collaboration with Eden Projects.
Via the Share the meal app, it was made clear to us how affordable and affordable it really is to feed a child. For 0.8 USD you can feed a child for a day.
There are 20 smartphones per hungry child in the world. If all these smartphones had a surcharge of 0.5 kroner or 50 øre per day. That is 12 kroner extra on the monthly subscription if there had not been hungry children on earth. Therefore, we want to set up our services and projects in such a way that the companies give per month and not a lump sum.
Eradicating hunger and malnutrition is one of the biggest challenges of our time. The consequences of too little or the wrong food not only cause suffering and ill health, but also hinder progress in other areas of development, such as education and employment.
In 2015, the global community adopted 17 Sustainability Goals that will improve people’s lives by 2030. Goal 2 – to eradicate hunger – is a promise to eradicate hunger, achieve food security and better nutrition, and to promote sustainable agriculture. Eradicating hunger is also a priority for the United Nations World Food Programs (WFP).
Every day, WFP and its partners work to bring us closer to the goal of eradicating hunger. Through humanitarian food assistance, WFP brings nutritious food to people in need. At the same time, WFP’s complementary programs aim to combat the underlying causes of hunger by building resilience in communities so that we do not save the same lives year after year.
The world has made great strides in eradicating hunger: there are 216 million fewer people starving today than there were in 1990-1992, despite the fact that the world’s population has increased by 1.9 billion people. We still have a long way to go, and no organization is able to eradicate hunger on its own. If we want to achieve the goal by 2030, the authorities, citizens, civil society organizations and the private sector must work together to invest, innovate and create lasting solutions.
