«.. our world will never be perfect, thanks to hunger.»
Now humanity dreams of many things, such as the development of AI, the colonization of other planets, but at the same time, the same humanity still cannot provide itself with basic needs, such as a food. According to the UN, there are about 768 million hungry people in the world, and about 3 billion people who cannot afford a healthy diet. First of all, hunger is certainly caused by poverty, it is not for nothing that these two global problems occupy the first two places in the UN SDGs.
Since childhood, my mother taught me the rational use of food, take as much as you eat, never throw out food. And I’ve been wondering for a long time why she has such a careful attitude to food, and one day I asked her about it. She told me about her childhood, which fell at the end of the 80s – early 90s during the collapse of the USSR and the period of crisis and poverty in our country, at that time she and her sisters were often malnourished, mostly they ate the most inexpensive products to just survive. Therefore, in order to get out of extreme poverty, she began to study and work hard. This story greatly influenced me as a child, I realized that many people cannot reach their potential because they have to survive. Only in our country about 5 million people are below the poverty line and about a million of those who could not afford a healthy diet. After hearing this story, I wanted to somehow improve the situation in this area, I was offended that in the 21st century, when people have achieved many successes in science and technology, there are still hungry and poor people who do not live but survive. I realize that this dream is too global, but I believe that if we unite and start helping at least a little, it will lead to a positive effect.
This program is my first step on the path to my dream. In the future, I want to help people in a terrible situation in whatever way I can, maybe it won’t change the whole situation, but I hope that my example will inspire other people to do good deeds.I believe that eradicating hunger and poverty are quite feasible dreams and I hope to have a hand in their realization.
Yelizar Yessenkulov