Volunteers address poverty
15th Nov 2006, 10:34 GMT
Every 2.9 seconds a child under the age of five dies from a preventable disease, including malnutrition, and nearly one in five children in the U.S. live below the poverty line, according to Oxfam statistics. The Oxfam America Hunger Banquet - sponsored by the University Habitat for Humanity chapter, Volunteer Illini Projects and the Illini Union Community Connections - brought the issues of hunger and homelessness to more than 30 students at the Union in recognition of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, taking place from Nov.
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