- Malnutrition remains the world’s most serious health problem
and the single biggest contributor to child mortality, more than
HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria combined. - 1 out of 4 children –
around 146 million - in developing countries are malnourished. -
Under nutrition contributes to more than one-half of the 9.7
million deaths of children under five each year in developing
countries. This means that one child dies every six seconds from
malnutrition and related causes. - 60% of the 10.9 million child
deaths in developing countries are related to hunger and/or
malnutrition. - 1 in 7 people in the world will go to bed hungry
tonight. Last year St. Catherine’s hosted the Stop Hunger Now
campaign and we are asking that you each help in this wonderful
ministry. This is an opportunity for us all to join together as
a community and do our part to and help some one who is starving
in the world. The Call of Christ is very simple. In The gospel
of Matthew these words are shared for each and every one of us:
37 “Then the