The Silent Tsunami Campaign

The “Silent Tsunami” in the News
Text Box: Some of the world’s leading news organizations have provided in-depth reporting on the Silent Tsunami.  Profound stories of human struggle from Mauritania to Maryland and compelling data are presented in clear prose, stunning pictures, easy-to-understand graphics, and dramatic video clips.   The Silent-Tsunami Campaign is providing links to some of this outstanding journalism.  We hope that the more people understand the magnitude of the food crisis, the more they will take action.   To learn more about the why there is a food crisis and how we can respond, go to any of the following links to The Washington Post Series,  The BBC News Articles,  Financial Times Interactive Site, US News and World Reports.   The Silent Tsunami has created hardships for people not only in developing countries, but also in communities throughout the Unites States. To learn more about this dimension to the food crisis in greater Washington area, read The Washington Post Article; in Arizona, see The Azcentral News Article; in California, refer to The Redding News Article;  in Louisiana, take a look at The St. Tammany News Article; and in Montana, examine The Red Orbit News Article. Even in international efforts to resolve the issues surrounding the global food crisis, policy-makers and other groups have been thwarted by others’ corrupt and greedy actions. The Financial Times published an article on June 26 that discussed the worldwide corruption in water projects which are further hindering the world’s poorest from pulling themselves out of their dire living situations. The article reported on The 2nd UN World Water Development Report, and on Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008 – Corruption in Water. As the search for short- and long-term solutions to the food crisis continues, certain groups and publications have opened public forums led by industry experts to explore fresh approaches to the issue. In this spirit, the Wall Street Journal published an article entitled “How to Get the Biggest Bang for 10 Billion Bucks” in late July of 2008. The opinion piece explores the most cost-effective actions national governments could take in order to solve some of the world’s most dire problems. A major topic of the article is hunger, along with climate change and transnational terrorism.