Background of Walmart’s Fighting Hunger Project

        According to World Food Program, the hunger has to be dealt by eliminating its real causes as world has good enough food to feed every living human being in this world, but just a proper strategy is needed. There are different reasons behind the hunger problem like poverty, conflict, lack of access, natural disasters etc. So, the world has to join hands together to make sure that they fight with this problem by initiating great projects (WFP 2018). The situation of hunger was mentioned in the world overall, and it is important to look at the hunger situation in United States as well. The statistics have shown that around 40m Americans are struggling to afford food and dealing with the hunger problem. These people belong to poor families, which are not able to feed themselves because they don’t have enough income. The average household median income on annual basis for these people is $9175, which means that this number is way below than the poverty level stated by the federal government (Feeding America 2018)

        This is where Walmart felt that they have corporate social reasonability and an obligation to community by helping to feed the hungry people. It is a great opportunity for the company to make its mark in CSR activity by resolving the hunger problem, and fight to eliminate it. So it was a great opportunity for Walmart to step in and play its part by feeding hungry people in America. The company has been involved in great CSR initiatives in different sectors like working for green energy so that environment can be saved form climate changes and global warming. The people who don’t have enough means to feed themselves are in need of help from companies like Walmart. The great thing is that the company has decided to step in by making viable contribution to fight hunger in United States. The facts has been revealed that 50m people in United States don’t know that will they get their next meal or not, and how. So, Walmart along with its Walmart Foundation is looking to invest in the project of fighting hunger as it is need of the hour. In early part, the company will spend around $2b money to arrange food for hungry people (SCHWARTZ 2012)

References of Walmart’s Fighting Hunger Project

Feeding America. 2018. For people facing hunger, poverty is just one issue. Accessed December 11, 2018. https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/facts.

SCHWARTZ, ARIEL. 2012. Walmart’s Plan To Fight Hunger In The U.S. Accessed December 11, 2018. https://www.fastcompany.com/2680565/walmarts-plan-to-fight-hunger-in-the-us.