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The agency I chose was “Bessie’s Kitchen,” I chose this agency because I admire people being helped out with what they need. I haven’t started volunteering yet, but I’m excited to see what I’ll exactly being doing there to help out. My goal for this is to throughout this is to be kind to the people coming in, and be there for the people emotionally if they have no one to talk to listen to them.

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The sustainable goal I chose is “Zero Hunger,” I think this goal aligns with my project the most. The article I chose is called “Sustainable Development Goal: Zero Hunger,” the “Zero Hunger” goal is enforced to end hunger worldwide, this fits perfectly with my agency because they strive to provide hot home cooked meals, in a nice setting to people in need of a meal, at no cost. In the article I they state “The goals of the Zero Hunger initiative are to end hunger and make sure that enough nutritious foods are available to people by 2030.” They also say “Other aspects of the goal include ending all forms of malnutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture.” One question I have for the writers/organization of the article is since they are striving to accomplish this goal by 2030, if it is not overcame will you still continue to work for it.

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I have started volunteering already, I have 8 hours so far, two days of 4 hours. So far the volunteering experience has gone amazing, it feels so nice to see all the people enjoying their food. While there my responsibility is too set everything up for the guest coming, then after serve there food for them, help them out after cleaning up the food and just having nice conversations to the guests. The community workers really appreciate our help they thanked us all the time. Without us they would probably not be as efficient as they are with us and would have to do 3x their job assembling, handing out and cleaning up after everyone.

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Local Issues: In Chicago itself it’s estimated 68,000 Chicagoans are experiencing homelessness. Hunger affects our community closest to us. Stereotypical inequalities have led to disproportionate rates of poverty and food insecurity.

https://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/get-involved/learn/

National Issues: 44.2 million people lived in households that have difficulty getting enough food to feed everyone in 2022. Approximately 49 million people, or 1 out of 6 people in the U.S still rely on food assistance from charities. People in rural communities and the South are more likely to lack access to enough food, because of many factors like poverty, unemployment and the cost of living. Millions of people in America are just one lost job, paycheck or medical emergency away from hunger.

https://frac.org/hunger-poverty-america

Global Issues: Nearly 258 million people across 58 countries experienced crisis-level food insecurity or worse according to the World Food Programme. Crisis levels and above mean people have so little food available their lives or household s are in immediate danger. After COVID the world was all affected emotionally and financially, the number of people left with little food was the highest record and shows the fourth consecutive year of increasing acute food insecurity globally. Economic shocks surpassed conflict as the main drive in three countries, Afghanistan, South Sudan, an Syria.

https://www.worldvision.org/hunger-news-stories/world-hunger-facts#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20nearly%20258%20million,livelihoods%20are%20in%20immediate%20danger.