This episode of the F4 Hunger Awareness Show focuses on #Hunger and #Foodinsecurity in #Japan. Our goal is to share valuable information and effectuate a positive change in society with love and compassion with the hopes of creating a world without Hunger!!

@F4_Service shares some Hunger #Stats in Japan

· According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 3.4% of Japan's population suffers from Severe Undernourishment

· A May 2025 study from the Institute of Science Tokyo shared than nearly 44% of respondents worry about running out of food

· The Relative Poverty Rate is 15.7%

· Over 60% of Japanese households state that it is "difficult" or "very difficult" to pay their bills due to rising grocery inflation costs

F4 Blog: https://www.f4service.org/hunger-in-japan/

Hashtags #Endhunger #F4endhunger #FoodRecovery #Foodrescue #F4 #Hungerrelief

This episode of the F4 Hunger Awareness Show focuses on #Hunger and #Foodinsecurity in #Uganda. Our goal is to share valuable information and effectuate a positive change in society with love and compassion with the hopes of creating a world without Hunger!!​

@F4_Service shares some Hunger #Stats in Uganda.

• According to the Global Hunger Index, Uganda receives a #Foodinsecurity score of 20.2 with nearly 37% of the population living undernourished.
• Of those numbers, 26% of children have experienced slowed growth.
• This ranks Uganda 87 out of 123 countries in the Global Hunger Index.

#Endhunger #F4endhunger #FoodRecovery #Foodrescue #F4 #Hungerrelief

References

https://thp.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/africa/uganda/ https://www.globalhungerindex.org/uganda.html https://www.globalhungerindex.org/ranking.html

Description

Hunger stats and causes of poverty in the Garden State discussed.

· Nearly 829,000 people lived below the poverty line in 2024 ($15,060 for an individual and $31,200 for a family of four is the poverty line)

· As a percentage the poverty rate for the state was 9.2% which was actually less than the prior year at 9.7%. o The national poverty rate is around 12.1%

· For New Jersey residents that had a mortgage, their average monthly housing costs were just under $2,800 or $24,000 annually

· Lastly, we see some economic, gender, and racial discrepancies with poverty rate

o The poverty rate for women was 10.1% compared with 8.2% for men

o Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native, and Latinx/Hispanic residents were also between two and three times more likely to live in poverty than White and Asian residents

#NewJersey #NJ #F4endhuner #Endhunger #Volunteer #Foodrecovery #Foodrescue #Fooddrive #Foodinsecurity

Citations

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/nj-is-high-income-high-cost-state-census-data-shows/ https://www.njpp.org/publications/blog-category/census-2024-economic-gains-bypass-many-new-jersey-communities/ https://usafacts.org/answers/what-is-the-gross-domestic-product-gdp/state/new-jersey/ https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/new-jersey