Many organizations are trying to find a solution to the problem of world hunger, and CARE is one of them. It provides food to hungry people, and believes that it is more important to help people produce their own food. Because of this belief, the organization has programs to help people improve their lives.   

        CARE was organized in 1945 to help people after World War II. At that time, it distributed over 100 million food packages. Meanwhile, it was starting self-help programs. In 2014, it has worked in 90 countries around the world. CARE gives equipment and teaches people how to build water systems, roads, schools, houses, and health centers. It also teaches people how to increase production on their farms, how to reforest areas, and how to start small village industries. Doctors and nurses volunteer to go to villages. They provide health care for the people, teach people how to improve their health, and train people to provide simple medical care. CARE also gives special help when there is a flood, an earthquake, a drought or a war.   

        Where does CARE get its money? Ordinary people in developed countries give money. CARE receives millions of dollars every year. The organization is international. It helps people of any race, color, or religion. It meets with the people to decide on programs together. CARE helps provide the necessities of life to less-developed countries.

        A recent report authored by the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization argues that overcoming our squeamishness about eating bugs may make the crucial  40  in overcoming global hunger.

        In terms of nutrition, insects provide an outstanding  41 , having “high fat, protein, fiber, vitamin, and mineral content.” Insects, it turns out, are far more efficient than livestock in transforming feed into edible meat. And they largely avoid the huge greenhouse gas emissions, as well as other environmental pollutants, associated with cows and pigs.

        Based on a dietary estimation, the world needs to double its food production over the next 40 years – an effort that will require unprecedented productivity gains while  42  ecological disasters.

        Most of today’s insect-eaters live in the developing world, in countries where insects are perceived as a perfectly acceptable and convenient source of energy: seasonably  43 , highly portable, and requiring fewer inputs than agriculture or animal husbandry. While most edible insects continue to be collected in the wild, more organized forms of insect farming have  44 , including “cricket farming” in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. By providing employment opportunities, the edible insect sector helps to develop the economy, from Southeast Asia to Central Africa.

        Many of us, nowadays, seem to believe that a happy future is something impossible to achieve. While such concerns must be taken very seriously, they are not invincible. They can be overcome when we don’t lock our door to the outside world. 

        Happiness can only be discovered as a gift of harmony between the whole and each single component. Even science--and you know it better than I do--points to an understanding of reality as a place where every element connects and interacts with everything else. 

        And this brings me to my second message. How wonderful would it be if the growth of scientific and technological innovation would come along with more equality and social inclusion. How wonderful would it be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers and sisters orbiting around us. When one realizes that life, even in the middle of so many contradictions, is a gift, that love is the source and the meaning of life, how can they withhold their urge to do good to another fellow being?