Poverty

By: Alona Botnar

“Today, over 22,000 children died around the

world”

“At least 80% of humanity lives on less

than $10 a day”

“Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or

sign their names…about 72 million children in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57% were girls… And these are

regarded as optimistic numbers…”

We complain about our schools…

They appreciate what they have…

Military Spending in the World

= $780 billion

Yet we only spend $13 billion on basic health and nutrition…

“Less than 1% of what the world spent every year on

weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000… and yet it

didn’t happen”

We depend on our phones, iPods, laptops, etc.

“1.6 billion people — a quarter of humanity — live without

electricity”

We can’t even cope with short power outages

Water Problems affect half of the world’s population…

“Diarrhea diseases such as cholera and dysentery kill about

1.6 million people each year, almost all of them children.” Diarrhea is often a result of

unclean water, unsafe sanitation, or poor hygiene.

Poverty is not just in Africa or Asia…

It is everywhere.

It is not these people’s fault.

They are not lazy.

They have not made poor decisions.

Many were born this way.

Many have no way out.

They feel trapped.

They feel powerless.

Let’s end the tears…

Let’s End the Hunger…End the Frustration.

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Stand Up Against Poverty Now

What YOU can do…

Contact the following organizations:

The Hunger ProjectSoles4Souls

Acumen FundChild’s Dream

World for World Organization

Go on Free Rice…• For every correct answer, 10 grains of

rice are donated to a person in need• Make this a part of the curriculum• If a student answers at least 50

questions correctly in each core subject a year – 200 grains will be donated

That would be 1,200 grains of rice per student if doing this throughout their

secondary education

YOU can be a Hero Against Poverty

Click Below to Get Started

http://freerice.com/http://www.thp.org/

http://www.childsdream.org/http://www.acumenfund.org/http://www.soles4souls.org/

http://www.worldforworld.org/

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Thank You!

(Facts and Statistics from http://www.globalissues.org/article/

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