Citizens for Justice and Peace
CJP against Hunger: Our relief efforts during the Covid-19 lockdown A Photo Feature showing how CJP and Prayas are providing rations and essentials to the needy
31-Mar-2020
Ever since the nationwide lockdown was announced to curb the spread of Covid-19, CJP and our partner organisations have been hard at work procuring foodgrains, vegetables, and other essentials to deliver to low-income families of daily wage workers whose income sources have dried up. Here’s a look at some of our on-ground efforts with our…
Help Mumbai’s sex workers and their families tide over the CoVid-19 lockdown CJP joins hands with Jimme Foundation and Kranti to provide relief to over 200
30-Mar-2020
Sex workers have always been forced to live on the fringes of society. Even today they are one of the most exploited and marginalised communities. The proliferation of the coronavirus has brought sex work to a grinding halt, and thus affected the only means of income for these families. Now, CJP has joined hands with…
Help people living in Mumbai’s low-income neighbourhoods survive the Covid-19 lockdown CJP joins hands with Prayas, Ek Koshish to help families living in slum areas
30-Mar-2020
Mumbai’s slums are home to taxi and auto rickshaw drivers, vegetable vendors, carpenters, scrap purchasers, delivery boys, waiters, domestic helps, people with HIV and many others who barely make ends meet even in the best of times. Due to the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the Corona Virus, there is widespread anxiety among these people. Now, CJP has joined hands…
Help Mumbai’s urban poor and underprivileged communities tide over the CoVid-19 crisis CJP joins hands with CPD and HALWA to provide groceries to low-income families
30-Mar-2020
Amidst a nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the Corona Virus, low income families have been left with no means of sustenance in the absence of an assured income. These are people who work low-wage jobs in the informal sector, daily wage earners and even the scores of homeless people. Now, CJP has joined…
UN Secretary General says Yemen is “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”
09-Apr-2018
In his remarks to the Pledging Conference on Yemen, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Yemen “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” saying that more than 22 million people in the country require “humanitarian aid and protection.” He added that around 18 million people are “food insecure; one million more than when we convened last year.” Guterres said that…
India under threat of food insecurity from climate change: Study
09-Apr-2018
A global study has found that India is among the nations that are most under threat of food insecurity because of extreme weather stemming from climate change, PTI reported. Researchers led by the UK’s University of Exeter considered how climate change could impact the how vulnerable various countries are to food insecurity, i.e. a situation in which…
Many American college students are going hungry
06-Apr-2018
An online survey conducted by the Wisconsin HOPE lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that many college students in the United States said that they had gone hungry in the previous month, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported. According to the study, researchers have reported on 43,000 students at 66 educational institutions in 20 American states…
More than 120 million people struggled with acute food insecurity in 2017
29-Mar-2018
The recently released Global Report on Food Crises found that around 124 million in 51 countries struggled with acute food insecurity in 2017, according to the FAO. This figure was 11 million higher than 2016. According to the report, acute food insecurity is defined as hunger so severe that it poses an immediate threat to lives…
More than 800 million forced to travel at least 30 minutes to obtain safe water
27-Mar-2018
A report from the charity WaterAid found that more than 800 million people are forced to travel and line up for at least 30 minutes to obtain safe water, the Guardian reported. According to the report 844 million people are “at the bottom of the ladder – with long journeys for clean water, or dependent upon…
No African country to achieve child malnutrition goal by 2030
10-Mar-2018
A new study has found that no country in the African continent is expected to achieve the United Nations’ goal of eliminating child malnutrition by 2030, the Guardian reported. The research was published in two papers in the journal Nature, and covered 51 African nations. According to Simon Hay, the papers’ senior author and director of geospatial…
Nearly two-thirds of South Sudan’s population under threat of acute food insecurity
27-Feb-2018
Three United Nations bodies–the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP)–have cautioned that more than 7 million people in South Sudan, nearly two-thirds of the country’s population, could struggle with acute food insecurity in the following months if they do not have access to consistent humanitarian…
Making a case for a Life without Hunger Challenges faced by Anganwadi Workers in the implementation of ICDS
26-Feb-2018
Four years since the Modi government came to power and ‘Ache Din’ remain as elusive as ever, more so for the extremely vulnerable sections of India. Even as the government plans to build Shanghais out of small and big cities, the fact remains that a large section goes to sleep without a nibble of food.…
Cape Town water supply at risk of approaching ‘day zero’
05-Feb-2018
The New York Times reported last week that Cape Town’s water supply is perilously low, and that if water levels continue to decline, the South African city could “declare Day Zero in less than three months”. If this happens, taps in houses and businesses will be turned off until the rains arrive, and Cape Town’s residents will…
Conflict worsening hunger across the world
31-Jan-2018
The Guardian reported that this week, food agencies cautioned at the United Nations Security Council that the number of people in conflict zones that are dealing with hunger is increasing, with eight nations afflicted with food insecurity that is at a crisis or emergency level. According to report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food…
Study: North Korea is the world’s most ignored humanitarian crisis
24-Jan-2018
The Guardian reported that a study that scrutinised media coverage of the world’s crises found that the worsening humanitarian crisis in North Korea saw the least news coverage. North Korea is struggling with acute food shortages, resulting in an estimated two of five people in the country being undernourished. Around 18 million North Koreans–70% of the country’s…