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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:37 PM Jul 2015

More than half of Medellin goes to bed hungry: Study

More than half of Medellin goes to bed hungry: Study
Posted by Emma Rosser on Jul 28, 2015

More than half of Medellin’s 2.5 million residents do not have access to three meals a day, revealed the city’s food bank in a recent study.

In some of the city’s impoverished areas, this figure rockets to a staggering 89%.

A study released by Medellin’s Archdiocese Food Bank has revealed the number of people in Colombia’s second largest city that are not able to eat three times a day. Districts in the northeast and west of the city are reportedly the most in need. In Santo Domingo 82% cannot access sufficient food and in the Manrique district this figures jumps to 89%.

Government statistics claim that 14.7% of Medellin’s citizens live in poverty, which raises questions over the government definition of poverty when considering 52% of residents cannot access sufficient food resources.

More:
http://colombiareports.com/more-than-half-of-medellin-goes-to-bed-hungry-study/

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Mud slide in Santo Domingo, Medellin, April 2011.



Fire at "el barrio Manrique Santa Inés, en la comuna 3 de Medellín." [/center]

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More than half of Medellin goes to bed hungry: Study (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2015 OP
Wow, I would have guessed the poverty rate higher than 15%. Your guy Santos and his Bacchus4.0 Jul 2015 #1

Bacchus4.0

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1. Wow, I would have guessed the poverty rate higher than 15%. Your guy Santos and his
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 05:46 PM
Jul 2015

predecessor have done a fine job puting Colombia on the right path.

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