It’s going to be Red Nose Day again and you can’t switch on the TV without being reminded that celebrities will be wearing funny noses to collect money to improve the lives of poor children. Does it do any good? A little maybe. But in the end charity can only scratch the surface of the poverty problem.
The Oxfam food policy director Hanna Saarinen, said: ‘We need to reimagine a new global food system to really end hunger; one that works for everyone.’ But this is not feasible in the current system. We need a whole different society, dedicated to catering for the needs of everyone, not producing profit for the tiny minority – one that will render Red Nose Days unnecessary.