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