Recognizing the remarkable efforts taken to combat world hunger

The world has achieved a lot in combating poverty thanks to the World Bank’s program, Millennium development goals of ensuring that the world is free of poverty. Many years ago, more than a billion people lived in extreme poverty worldwide. Isn’t it good news that the World Bank has continued to achieve most of its goal of eradicating poverty in the world? Under-nutrition due to challenges in public health was a key challenge for the last forty years or so. Food security, lack of jobs, lack of education, gender inequality are all challenges that have contributed to extreme poverty around the word. The journey has not been without obstacles.  And now since the puzzle is being solved, we ought to ask ourselves what lays next for the nations and the world at large?

It is imperative to re-examine how the World Bank and other organizations are taking measures to challenge the narrative on eradicating poverty. You will bear me witness that one of the key contributors of poverty is education. The World Bank has been able to pull its muscles and take initiatives towards investing adequately on the education sector. If my memory serves me right, I remember when I was in primary school, teachers were in adequate and yet the students were thirsty for education. Thanks to World Bank we have more trained teachers able to meet the high demand of students in our institutes of learning.