-At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day
-According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty, equivelent to 1 child dying every 4 seconds
-Water problems affect half of humanity
-Of the 2.2 billion children in the world, 1 billion of them are in poverty
-Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or write their name
If you think that these are bad, you should check out more facts and statistics at the Global Issues website:
http://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around-the-world
http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats
http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-over-22000-children-died-around-the-world
Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Girl Effect
This video is a recent campaign to solve help put an end to World Poverty. The development of the "girl" or word that represents her, is inspirational, and provides a solution to ending world poverty.
Monday, September 20, 2010
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