Private food relief program

Running Head : Private Food Relief

Food For The Needy : A Look At Private Food Relief Program

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The United Nations and the United States have been the leading agencies in the drive towards alleviating the plight of hungry people in Africa

This will delve on the private food relief program in general as well as the various agencies that partake in humanitarian efforts

Food For The Needy : A Look At Private Food Relief Program

How It All Began

Survival became the name of

the game at the conclusion of the war Devastation was seen in widespread areas that farmers in the United States understand the importance of feeding a lot of people . With millions of Americans feeling the aftermath of the war , it required an extensive program , which likewise involved private groups and international agencies (Ganzel , n .d

The people of Europe suffered the same fate as the Americans . For instance , in the Netherlands , the dike that had been constructed for many centuries to cultivate the lands that could grow crops was badly devastated . From France to Germany and Italy as well as in Poland to Russia , signs of battle between tanks and troops were very evident Cows , horses , turkeys , chickens , and any animal that could be found was slaughtered as soldiers tried to find a way to feed themselves (Ganzel n .d

For a period of six years , there were no signs of efforts to preserve or rebuild soil fertility . Compared to the situation after World War I farmers highly depended on agricultural machines in 1946 . Tractors were destroyed in Europe during the war and was built yet (Ganzel , n .d . The picture in Europe and the United States was repeated in Japan . As war escalated , the Americans successfully prevented Japan from importing food supplies from their agricultural allies . In 1945 , Operation Starvation was implemented by the Americans . This period was marked by scarcity that official of the Japanese Empire required the collection of 2 .5 million bushels of acorn which will be transformed into food . The average Japanese has to make do with only 1 ,680 calories of acorn per day , which comprised 78 percent of the minimum requirement for health and physical performance . According to experts , if the war had gone pass 1946 , 7 million Japanese would have died as a result of starvation (Ganzel , n .d

The Birth of Post-War Food Relief Efforts

Even before war escalated , a man named Dan West was already actively involved in relief efforts . West was a relief worker for the Church of the Brethren who served during the Spanish Civil War . He was giving away minimal supplies of powered milk to starving children . Since the supplies was limited , Dan West had to make a choice between who would live and who would die . People who were too sick in Dan West 's eyes were not given milk (Ganzel , n .d

Dan West had the belief that if he could manage to deliver dairy heifers...