IMPACT
Hunger: The new normal?
Hunger:
West Georgia
1 in 5 children in Georgia don’t have enough food to eat – many families in West Georgia do not have access to nutritious food in their communities – they are unable to afford it.
For many seniors they have to make a decision between food, medicine, and utilities so healthy food is not an option for them. The working poor includes one person who works in a household. Everyday they are trying to make ends meet, but it's not easy to provide for their family.
Georgia is home to 523,470
hungry children including 7,250
In west Georgia, Douglas Country
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Douglas County about 16,490 people were considered food insecure could push to 17 percent by end of the year because
of the pandemic
The poverty rate in Douglas County
is 28.0% - one out of every 3.6
resident of Douglas County lives
in poverty
3,109 of 11,108 Douglas County
residents reported income levels
below the poverty line in the
last year
Food insecure and poor health have an detrimental impact on children.
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They are more likely to:
Suffer Growth impairment
Iron deficiency
Increased hospitalization
Have developmental risk And behavior problems
Risk of primarily aggression, Anxiety, and depression
Have poor school readiness Poor school performance
The Solution
Stable access to healthy nutritional foods and hygiene products is very critical to a bright future for children, homeless, and seniors. Adults who are chronically sick and missing work will have a difficult time holding down a job.
Children that are too hungry to concentrate will struggle in school. Seniors have to make a crucial decision of either food, medicine, or pay rent. Homeless that are living on the streets. That’s when we step in…
Graceful Hearts, Inc is working to increase access to nutritious, wholesome foods and provide hygiene products which is a necessity for people’s lives and implement a health-focused plan of action.
To achieve our vision of a hunger-free West Georgia, we must address the root causes of hunger and deepen our understanding of structural and systemic inequities that disproportionately impact marginalized West Georgia communities in need of assistance and partnerships that will break the cycle of food insecurity and chronic diseases to help make sure West Georgia are hunger-free, and healthy.
If we can step in early to relieve or even prevent food insecurity, we have a good chance of moving families from crisis to stability, and ultimately to thrive.
Unemployed and poverty disproportionately affect
African Americans making --- combatting hunger…
Hunger hits African American communities harder. Poverty rates for African American household’s face hunger at a rate more than twice that of white, non-Hispanic households. And getting enough to eat is a consistent struggle for 1 in 4 African American children.
â—„33.8% of black residents of Douglas County Georgia live below the poverty lineâ–º
Graceful Hearts, Inc will work to ensure that every family has the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty and achieve a hunger-free future.