18 million people die every year from
poverty-related causes. That’s nearly 50,000 deaths every day.
Source:
WHO 2008
Every year, between 9 and 11
million of these deaths are children. That’s 25,000 - 30,000 children
dying every day from poverty. Source:
UNICEF 2005
These statistics account for one
third of all human deaths. More people die as a result of extreme
poverty than of any other cause. Source:
WHO 2008
Roughly 1.4 billion people suffer
extreme poverty, defined as trying to survive based on the purchasing
power of what $1.25 buys in the USA. Source:
World Bank 2008
Of the 2.2 billion children in the
world, 600 million are victims of extreme poverty. Source:
UNICEF 2008
Because of the global economic
slowdown and rising food prices, FAO projects 100 million more people
will suffer from poverty and chronic hunger by the end of 2009 - an 11%
increase from 2008. Source:
World Food Programme 2009
Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in fragile states
and territories,
defined as those with very weak institutions and poor policies.
These areas are home to 9 percent of the population
living in developing countries, but nearly 27 percent of the extreme
poor. These places are often sources of war, terrorism and refugee
crises. Source:
World Bank, Global Monitoring Report 2007
8 million people die from lack of
food and nutrition every year – about 24,000 deaths each day. Source:
FAO Hunger Report 2008
Every year, 5.8 million children
die from hunger related-causes. Every day, that’s 16,000 young lives
lost.
Source:
FAO Hunger Report 2008
For the first time in history, over
1.02 billion people do not have enough to eat. That’s one sixth of
humanity - more than the population of the United States, Canada and the
European Union combined. Source:
FAO Hunger Report 2008
907 million of the 1.02 billion are
from developing countries. Source:
FAO Hunger Report 2008
An estimated 250 million preschool children are
vitamin A deficient. An estimated 250,000 to 500,000 vitamin
A-deficient children become blind every year. Half of them die within
12 months of losing their sight. This is easily corrected with an inexpensive vitamin supplement.
Girls and women are especially vulnerable to HIV
infection and to the impact of AIDS. Globally, more than half of all
people living with HIV are female.
Source:
UNICEF
Between 1990 and 2003,
the average life expectancy at birth in the world increased from
about 60 years to 68 years. However, the average life expectancy at birth in
Sub-Saharan Africa is currently only 46 years. Life expectancy has also
dropped dramatically in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Source:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
The 2005 Human Development
Report
Over the last decade, the average primary completion rate (completing a
full course of primary schooling) has risen from 62 percent to 72
percent. Source:
World Bank, World Development Indicators 2007
If you
subtract foreign aid given for military or strategic reasons, the figure
may be only $13.94 billion, about 13 cents per day per American. Source: Bread
for the World
Everyone wants good opportunities for
themselves and their children.
All
children should have good food, good education, and an active, happy
life
We
all need water to live
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at learning for a better life