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no one left hungry

NOH wun LEFT HUNG-gree

noʊ wʌn lɛft ˈhʌŋɡri

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noonelefthungry

Dictionary meaning

a commitment and aspiration that every member of a community — regardless of income, status, or circumstance — will have access to sufficient food to meet their nutritional needs, and that the community will organise itself to ensure that no person is left to go hungry while others have enough; the phrase functions as both a practical goal for food assistance organisations and a moral imperative for community life, asserting that hunger in the midst of abundance is a collective failure rather than an individual one; it reflects a vision of community as a mutual aid system in which the wellbeing of the most vulnerable is understood as both a moral priority and an indicator of the health of the whole; the phrase has become a rallying cry for food banks, food justice movements, school meal programmes, and community kitchen initiatives worldwide

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