“I put a lot of salt in the vegetables when I am cooking to limit my children from eating a lot.” These are the words of a woman trying to feed her family.

But does she know that too much salt can lead to high blood pressure which can as result lead to strokes and heart attacks in future? So while she gets rid of one problem she is slowly poisoning herself and her kids, though unknowingly.

Poverty and high rate of inflation has led her to do the only thing she thinks is right to feed her family.

She goes on to add that at times she has to wait until it is 11 o’clock so that the breakfast she makes for the family also serves as lunch, because they can hardly afford to have three decent meals in a day.

And her’s is not a special case, day in day out people are going to bed on empty stomachs, due to lack of money. Most are not employed while a large portion of those who are employed can hardly lead a better life due to the increased cost of living.

To save money for shopping that only lasts her for less than a month, Margaret has to do it for a whole month.

She operates a small business where she sells vegetables and groceries, which gives her profits of less than a dollar on a bad day and just over two dollars when its doing well.

So with the inflation going up, and food prices rocketing, a million others like Margaret are scared of what tomorrow may bring and are only hoping for some kind of an intervention.

Now, the question is this, can the governments do anything to save the situation, and should the developed countries do more to help out the developing countries?