We've described many issues causing hunger, and you can take a look at different ways hunger can be solved (see solutions to world hunger). There are many different organizations fighting hunger today, but for the most part, they can be classified into two main groups.

I frequently see canned-food drives at my school. Students are asked to bring in canned goods and they are accumulated and sent off somewhere. The problem with this method of ending hunger is that providing food is not a long-term solution. It forces the people who receive this food to become reliant on it, instead of on themselves.

The other type of organization is that which believes in making a country reliant on itself. Organizations like The Hunger Project believe in "society-wide transformation" led by "indigenous leadership," says Lee Traband on its staff. These organizations work to build infrastructure that will allow a country to be self-sufficient, and not rely on other countries for aid. This is a long-term solution which allows the country to survive without foreign charity.

Many of these organizations are similar in their core beliefs, but differ on how to achieve them. Take a look at their websites, and let us know what you think might work best by using the 'Reader's comments and developments of this article' feature.