Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Did you know...

More than 9 million children under the age of 5 die every year from malnutrition(starvation)?

That the world's population totals more than 6.7 billion people, and it grow every year about 80 million people. Asia, sub-saharan africa, and latin america make up most of the developing countries?

Of the 1.8 billion children living in these developing countries, 600 million of them live on less that $1 a day ?

Each year about 1.7 million deaths related to dehydration caused by diarrhea occur in children under age 5?

That approximately 790 million people in the world are chronically undernourished, 2/3 of that is in Africa and the Pacific. But despite the food production rate being better than the population growth rate, there is still desperate hunger in many parts of the world?

1 in 3 children does not have adequate shelter?

1 in 5 children does not have access to safe water?

1 in 7 children does not have access to health care ?

That you can do something about this, right now...?







2 comments:

  1. Do SOMETHING ... whatever that is. Everyone is equipped in some way.

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  2. I know, it's awful!! Every tiny bit helps!

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