World Poverty

Almost half the world-over three billion people-live on less than $2.50 a day.

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* More that 80% of the world's population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
* The poorest 40% of the world's population accounts for 5% of global income. The richest 20% accounts for three-quarters of world income.
* According to UNICEF, 22 000 children die each day due to poverty. And they "die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death".
* Around 27-28 % of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted. The two regions that account for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
* Water problems affect half of humanity :
  - Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
  - Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day.
  - 1.8 billion people who have access to a water source within 1 km, but not in their house yard, consume around 20 L per day.
  - Some child deaths each year as a result of diarrrhoea.

Approximately half the world's population now live in cities and towns. In 2005, one out of three urban dwellers was living in slum conditions. In developing countries some 2.5 billion people are forced to rely on biomass-fuelwood, charcoal and animal dung- to meet their energy needs for cooking. In sub-Saharan Africa, over 80% of the population depends on traditional biomass for cooking, as do over half of the populations of India and China.

Indoor air pollution resulting from the use of solid fuels is a major killer. it claims the lives of 1.5 million people each year, more than half of them below the age of five : that is 4000 deaths a day. To put this number in context, it exceeds total deaths from malaria and rivals the number of deaths from tuberculosis. 

So, let's remind ourselves and be grateful with what we have. Help the one who needs when we can.