Every Student Has A Role in the Fight Against Hunger

I attended, with classmate Wayne Keeton, David Beckmann's Every Student Has a Role in the Fight Against Hunger luncheon. When we first arrived, it was very empty and we were wandering if anyone was going to come. Ten minutes before David Beckmann started talking, people started pouring in. We ate a small lunch while listening to Mr. Beckmann talk about hunger, here in the U.S. and in other countries. In the U.S. one in four children live in a family that is struggling to provide food. He talked about the politics and how he and others have been advocates for people going hungry. I was surprised to learn that only 1% of our governments money is spent on helping to fight hunger in other countries. I learned that many foreign countries owe the U.S. high amounts of money. Mr. Beckmann talked about himself and others who petitioned to have the Africans debt removed if they promised to reinvest that money into their own economic system in areas such as education. In the past, Africans could only afford to send their eldest or smartest son to school. Now, after this petition passed, families can afford to send all of their children to school. With more educated people in the workforce their economy can only improve which will improve our economy as well.