United Nation World Food Day 2020 - By Babatunde Bouazizi

WORLD FOOD DAY!

Feeding the Poor is Serving God!

The gift of food to the Hungry is the noblest of all gifts.

World Food Day is celebrated every year with different themes to focus on areas that require action and offer a common objective. This year the World Food Day 2020 theme is "Grow, nourish, sustain Together. Our actions are our future".

Food is the essence of life. Many people around the world are deprived of food because of acute poverty. Education for them is luxury. Very rightly, the first two SDGs also target No Poverty and Zero Hunger. No one should go to bed hungry and each one of us can ensure this around us.

Several different events take place on World Food Day. However, this year due to the ongoing pandemic celebration will be different. One of the best ways to celebrate the day is by giving food to people who need it the most.

On this world food day, let us pledge to ensure not just food availability but make sure each and every one has access to nutritious and hygienic food.

I end with this quote; Freedom is meaningless if people cannot put food in their stomachs, if they can have no shelter, if illiteracy and disease continue to dog them. ~ NelsonMandela

Let's also pledge not to waste the food.

Happy World Food Day to all.

#WorldFoodDay2020

Babatunde Bouazizi (c)

Lagos, Nigeria

16/10/2020