Many children of the world today are dying from malnutrition. The majority of these children are located in countries that are net yet developed, that also have a shortage of food supplies. These children die from many types of diseases related to malnutrition. One of these diseases is called beri beri. Beri beri is the inflammatory or degenerative changes of the nerves, digestive system and heart, which is caused by lack of vitamin B. The children also die due to problems with the land, like famine. We need to help these children, and there is many things you can do to help solve this world-wide problem. People who are generally healthy and are border on nutritional deficiency will probably not show signs of nutritional deficiency. However, if a person has bad health he/she is a lot more likely to gain beri beri or other diseases. Illness increases the chance of nutritional deficiency, therefore third world countries, with many illness, are at higher risks. Even more so, children of these countries are at higher risks.
Famine is one of the major causes of deaths in third world countries. It is not unusual for a famine to wipe-out millions of people. The majority of deaths during a famine occur among the children, because children are normally giving smaller portions of food than older people, even though they need it the most. During a famine, a countries' food supply decreases drastically, normally due to lack of rain during dry spells. During a famine many of the people die of hunger, but most die from diseases, such as beri beri, scurvy and anemia.
All of this sounds horrible, and it is, but there are actions you can take. First of all we can prevent all of this from happening. We need to get adequate food supplies to these countries, which we can do if everyone donates some money. There are a lot of organizations with caring programs for sponsoring a child; the cost is normally only a few cents a day. With these programs, you learn the child's...