He ain't heavy, he's my...oh, wait. He is kinda heavy.

A lot of us take for granted our ability to bend down and tie our shoes. It's easy for us to fit in the backseat of most cars when necessary. We can find clothes in our size at most stores. But there are literally an estimated 42 million children worldwide who don't have that luxury.

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Broadstrokes: world hunger

There are 1.02 billion undernourished people in the world today. That means one in nearly six people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. Hunger and malnutrition are in fact the number one risk to the health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Among the key causes of hunger are natural disasters, conflict, poverty, poor agricultural infrastructure and over-exploitation of the environment. Recently, financial and economic crises have pushed more people into hunger. As well as the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death.

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