On Thursday, 25 July, Hungry for Action launched the Empty Plates activation in London and Rio de Janeiro to spotlight the global food crisis.
In London, Chefs, local food champions and advocates served over 733 empty plates at Kings Cross- each plate representing 1 million people living in hunger worldwide.
The #EmptyPlates initiative aims to combat the global food crisis by urging governments to implement a global plan. Hungry for Action is using the image of an empty plate to represent the harsh reality faced by hundreds of millions of people who are currently suffering from hunger.
The launch of the Empty Plates activation coincided with the announcement of the G20 Brazilian-led Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty and a highly anticipated United Nations annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2024 report that revealed 733 million people experience hunger.
The Global Plan seeks to drive collective action that would align policy priorities, improve coordination, reduce fragmentation, support country leadership and implementation capacity, mobilise adequate financing and promote greater accountability.
Fola Komolafe MBE DL, CEO of World Vision UK, said
“We are in the midst of a devastating global food crisis. And it is only getting worse. The truth is that our food systems are catastrophically broken. A huge amount of food is thrown away every single day while all over the world children starve and suffer due to lack of food and nutrition. Together, our ambition is to help end hunger and malnutrition for children everywhere.”
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