This famine killed an estimated one million people either from starvation or disease. Thousands of people emigrated to America across the Atlantic Ocean to escape this famine. In 1841, Ireland had ...
Food security deteriorated 9% between 2019-2020 throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. “No other region comes close to it,” Berdegué pointed out, “not even the poorest, like Africa.” ...
Yet each night, about one in every 11 people go to bed on an empty stomach. That's not right. Conflict, climate change, and bad policy all play a role in creating the right conditions for hunger and ...
In 1921, the American Relief Association sent food aid to Russia, where millions of citizens were suffering from a devastating famine. Browse this gallery of the human story -- see the Russians ...
Researchers explored the harrowing stories of single pregnant Irish women who fled to America during the Famine and the years following it. Research, carried out over three years and released in ...
A 1923 American Relief Administration film, “America’s Gift to Famine Stricken Russia,” tracks the path of food aid to the Soviet Union, where citizens were suffering a third year of severe ...