Oxfam Banquet

The First World Meal

The Second World Meal

The Third World Meal

10% of the people get:

A splendid meal with turkey, pie, and cider

Education, health care, many choices in life.

30% of the people get:

An adequate meal of beans rice and juice

Limited education, health care, few choices in life.

60% of the people get:

A minimal meal of rice and water

Education/health care unlikely or very limited

For the majority of the world (the third world), food intake is less than that needed to live a productive life, people can't work hard without enough energy from food, and mothers can't nurse kids sufficiently.

By buying a $3.00 tile, students and faculty participate in a special meal designed to illustrate the unequal distribution of resources in the world. Tiles are then picked randomly and participants get one of three very different meals in approximate proportions to distribution of food in the world.

Most years we are able to raise between $2000 and $4000 for Oxfam projects.