almost 06% of children under 5 are undernourished. e.u. commissioner wants to see how money can be put to use here. he's also here to discuss how the e.u. can work with the local government to break the cycle of poverty. >> 90% of the population of the country's involved in agricultural sector, and there's not enough lands. so families are growing too fast, and that means there is a need to really diversify the economy. >> donations from the e.u. are helping finance projects to help guarantee access to quality food through better planting technique. another project aims to provide fathers with livestock to help the living standard. one man received a cow through the person. he says his family has has benefited from additional income he gets by selling milk. he says one advantage of raising cattle is that he doesn't have to sell banana plants anymore to buy shoes for his children. many in the lowlands depend on outside assistance to make ends meet. some can only get by with the help of their neighbors. this woman lost five children and her

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we don't have throok far to see how often the hungry and undernourished are utilizing our health care systems for hunger and nutrition-related conditions. what is new and unique today is the platform through which we hear these stories of experience, what these individuals featured in the film are going through. the stories told by the director's christy jacobson and lori silverbush, how we went from almost ending hunger in america in the late 1970's, thanks in large part to the bipartisan cooperation of senator mcgovern and bob dole to more than 50 million hungry in this country. 40 years later, 50 million hungry in this country, but this isn't just a story of woe, mr. speaker. for me this is a story of hope and optimism, a story of a difficult struggle but a struggle fought with dignity and it is a story that's part of a bigger purpose in goal and that goal is to end hunger now. at its heart, the point of this documentary, is that we can end hunger now and i am pleased that a social act plan accompanies this film. . this plan can be found online at www.takepart.com/table. and i enco