Does Welfare Make the Road to Self-Reliance More Difficult?

Professor of Social Work, Dr. Chack-Kie Wong, conducted an interesting qualitative study where he found many welfare recipients desire self-reliance, but often times recipients find many challenges literally trying to escape the welfare system. Although Dr. Wong’s research was conducted in Hong Kong, it is of noteworthy global importance since many welfare recipients face similar stigmatization. Handing Out Hope focuses on making the transition to self-reliance as painless as possible. You can help.

Fighting World Hunger from now until 2050

In an article posted today by oneindia, the authors of “Agricultural Water Management” assess the problem of world hunger. They looked at the investments needed to improve agriculture to achieve global food security goals. They address the issue of feeding the world by 2050, given the exponential birthrates in developing countries.

The authors offer a few solutions, such as managing land and water resources with extra care and investing in ongoing policy choices.

There’s no doubt that this is a daunting task. What can we do to help?

Handing Out Hope is all about self-sustainability. If we are able to contribute to the education of agriculture within developing countries, then we can eventually step away from these communities. If they learned how to maintain their own agriculture system, they would be able to harvest their own food.

If you’d like to help us be part of the solution, please donate here.