Right now, thousands of people in West Africa do not have enough food. Up to 10% of Niger's children could soon die of hunger. Tens of thousands of children are in the advanced stages of starvation, and families are wandering the deserts in search for food.

Yet, several years ago, the UN put together a list of eight "Millennium Development Goals" to help poverty-stricken countries. The first goal was to halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty and suffering from extreme hunger by 2015.

On September 14, the United Nations will meet to discuss their progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Many groups are worried, however, that these critical goals have not been properly addressed. Urge President Bush to lead the U.S. and UN toward ending extreme poverty and hunger.

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