How many children die because of poverty?

22,000 children die everyday in our world.
That is equivalent to:

• 1 child dying every 4 seconds
• 15 children dying every minute
• A 2010 Haiti earthquake occurring almost every 10 days
• A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring almost every 10 days
• An Iraq-scale death toll every 18–43 days
• Just under 8.1 million children dying every year
• Some 88 million children dying between 2000 and 2009

  The killers in this case is poverty, hunger and diseases/illnesses that could have been prevented.

Information from: http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-over-22000-children-died-around-the-world

Did You Know?

  Almost half the world (3 billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day.
  Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
  According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.
  Less than one per cent 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.
  Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
 


Information from: http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats#src9

Top Ten Countries With High Poverty Rates

   Country:                       Population Below Poverty Line (%):                      

1. Zambia                        86

2. Gaza Strip                   80

3. Chad                           80

4. Liberia                         80

5. Haiti                            80

6. Sierra Leone               70.2

7. Suriname                     70

8. Mozambique               70

9. Nigeria                        70

10. Swaziland                  69

Information from: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?t=10&v=69

Poverty

   This blog is about poverty, which effects many people around the world. People die from not having basic human needs like food, clean water, shelter or clothing because they cannot afford it.