Sobering Facts

I'd like to share some sobering facts; Some of the stats are from the late 90's but I truly doubt that mankind has gotten any better in a decade.

Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day.

In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much.

Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

The richest 50 million people in Europe and North America have the same income as 2.7 billion poor people. “The slice of the cake taken by 1% is the same size as that handed to the poorest 57%.”

Stats taken from, http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.asp#fact22

27 Million people are enslaved today.... http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/Default.aspx

More than 2 billion people lack access to electricity and modern forms of energy.

More than 10 million children under age 5 die each year. Two-thirds of these deaths — more than 6 million deaths every year — are preventable.

Of the 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate, 15 are in Africa.

Water-related disease is the second biggest killer of children worldwide, after acute respiratory infections such as tuberculosis.

Every day, nearly 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes. That amounts to one child every 5 seconds.

Worldwide, an estimated 40 million children under age 15 suffer from violence, abuse and neglect.

Thirty-two percent of U.S. adults have less than positive feelings toward America's charitable organizations. And only one in 10 strongly agrees that charitable organizations are honest and ethical in their use of donated funds.

Stats from Compassion


What can be done?

Blood: Water Mission

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