HOMELESSNESS DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS Homelessness describes the condition

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DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence. " The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region. An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005. In western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75 -80%), with single males particularly overrepresented. All across the world in the fall of 2011, food banks and pantries, soup kitchens, and homeless shelters are scrambling to obtain ever diminishing sources of food for the hungry. Some food pantries have even closed their doors for the homeless and unfortunate ones.

HOMELESSNESS IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES By the mid-1980 s, there was also a dramatic increase in family homelessness. Tied into this was an increasing number of impoverished and runaway children, teenagers, and young adults, which created more street children or street youth. More than 800, 000 individuals currently homeless in U. S. About 5 -8 million Americans have experienced homelessness within the last five years. 2012 Survey in CANADA: 7. 5% homeless in their lifetime 2% homeless in the last 5 years 500, 000 Canadian homeless over last 5 years.

FOOD SHORTAGE AROUND THE WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE IN U. S. : The recent drought in the United States has many people worried and alarmed that global food prices may soar. Food experts world wide are predicting the increased likelihood of another food crisis mostly due to droughts in Russia and the United States that project reduced harvests in soy and corn respectively. Philippe Pinta of the French Farmers Federation (FNSEA), says that due to severe weather events world wide, such as the reduced rainfall from weak monsoon's in India to the continued drought in the Midwestern US, that world could be headed for another rise in global food prices such as was faced in 2007 -2008 when wheat and rice prices doubled.

FOOD SHORTAGE AROUND THE WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE IN INDIA: Bengal Famine: Modern India’s worst food shortage occurred in British Raj era. In the Bengal region during 1769 onwards, there occurred a severe shortage of food. Primary reason for this crisis was the monsoon but its effect was exacerbated due to apathetic administration. Lack of rains caused a shortage of crops and the British East India Company raised land tariff taxes up to 60%. It also forced hundreds of farmers to grow poppy for export. Not only that, in the name of preventing hoarding, the Company did not allow any storage of rice- the staple food in the region. As a result, ten million Indians- about a third of the area’s population- perished.

World Hunger Most people equate World Hunger with drought stricken areas of the World such as Africa, where 30, 000 children die EVERYDAY from malnutrition. However in a growing trend brought about by the continuing Polar Shift that governments and the media Worldwide are ignoring, starvation is now being brought about by flooding due to rising Ocean levels. Over 4 million persons were affected by the rains and floods that hit Luzon. Of this number, over 216, 000 are still in evacuation centers. Rains and floods have damaged over P 3 billion worth in infrastructure and agriculture. As the Philippines continue to sink due to the ongoing seismic activity in the Indonesia area and Ring of Firewe will continue to see whole populations of humans suffer from malnutrition due to rising Ocean levels and flooding. The worldwide media continues to blame the flooding on monsoon rains that stopped over three weeks ago and for the most part the World is buying it.

"We need something to eat. I haven't gone to work or been paid for a week, “ The Philippines have now been sinking for almost two years and yet we are supposed to believe that this is all due to torrential rain? Wake Up and Smell the Swamp Water people this is an ongoing trend that is happening World Wide and is causing World Hunger. No longer can we blame these flooding events on torrential rainfall or Monsoons. Ocean levels are rising and this due in large part to continued melting in the Polar regions, extreme weather, earthquakes and seismic activity on the Ocean floors. Over 100, 000 humans starve to death everyday on this Planet and that number is rising at an alarming rate. However this is due largely from ignorance on the topic of our global situation. Humans World wide need to wake up and demand answers from our governments but also we need to begin preparing for events that our governments clearly are not sharing with us.

THE END Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. -- Jean de la Fontaine.