By: Will Winans and Thys Kuiteret

Poverty

WHAT’S GOING ON?

20,000 CHILDREN DIE EACH DAY DUE TO POVERTY AND POVERTY RELATED DISEASE.

DID YOU KNOW?

EVERY 3.6 SECONDS A PERSON DIES OF STARVATION AND IT IS MOSTLY CHILDREN

UNDER THE AGE OF 5.

LESS THAN 1% OF WHAT THE WORLD SPENDS ON WEAPONS COULD PUT EVERY CHILD IN SCHOOL AND TAKE THEM OFF THE STREETS.

THERE ARE 2.2 BILLION CHILDREN IN THE WORLD AND 1 BILLION OF THEM

LIVE IN POVERTY.

WHILE IT TAKES YOU 5 STEPS TO GET WATER FROM YOUR FRIDGE…

SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK

MILES JUST TO GET DIRTY WATER.

THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF WATER USED BY SOMEONE IN A DAY IN A

DEVELOPING COUNTRY IS 10 LITERS WHILE A REGULAR PERSON IN AMERICA USES 335 LITERS THAT

IS A RATIO OF 23.5 TO 1.

TO

1.6 BILLION PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY.

DID YOU KNOW?

MORE THAN 800 MILLION PEOPLE GO TO

BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT.

Did You Know?

4 OUT OF EVERY 10 PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A BATHROOM.

BUT ENOUGH BAD NEWS….

HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS

DUE TO MANY WORLD HUNGER ORGANIZATIONS, DAILY CHILD DEATHS HAVE DROPPED 12,000 SINCE 1990.

UNICEF’S HUMANITARIAN RELIEF WORK HAS HELPED NEARLY 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE GAIN ACCESS TO SAFE

DRINKING WATER.

BUT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, ……………

YOU CAN DONATE

MONEY TO A HUNGER

ORGANIZATION.

HOW YOU CAN HELP?

YOU CAN DONATE TIME BY

VOLUNTEERING AT A FOOD BANK. AND BY GIVING CANS TO ARE

SCHOOLS FOOD DRIVE.

YOU CAN DONATE OLD CLOTHES AND SHOES TO LOCAL SHELTERS.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERNCE!

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"MAKING AN IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING ISSUES OF POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND HOPELESSNESS.  ." THE LORD'S

HANDS & HEARTS MINISTRIES, INC. JACKLIN, 1997. WEB. 05 APR. 2012. <HTTP://HANDSHEARTS.ORG/>.

O'CONNOR, KAREN. HOMELESS CHILDREN. SAN DIEGO, CA: LUCENT, 1989. PRINT.

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