When no one else is fighting for them. In our crazy "First world" we think our 9-5 is normal, our 60k dollar car is right, we think our 100,000 dollar education is the right thing, we think eating out every night is the only way.
In fact in our modern world we often just think about ourselves.
But what about the other 3 billion people who are living in poverty ?
What are we doing to help them ? It’s easy to forget them in our world. A world of luxury. A world where we drive to work and don’t have to see them. But they are here. Poverty is all around us. Especially if you pick yourself up and move to the third world.
The world needs us now more than ever. It needs YOU and it needs ME. To make a difference. The world needs your help to make the world a brighter place to live.
11 reasons the world needs us now more than ever.
1. Nearly half the world – over three billion people – live on less than $2.50 a day.
2. According to UNICEF, 26,500-30,000 children die each day due to poverty – that’s 18 children dying every minute, a child every three seconds.
3.About 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
4. For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world: 640 million are without adequate shelter, 400 million do not have access to safe water, 270 million do not have access to health services.
5. About 2.2 million children die each year because they are not immunized.
6. About 1.6 billion people – a quarter of humanity – live without electricity.
7. Over nine million people, of which five million are children, die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition.
8. Over 11 million children die each year from preventable causes like malaria, diarrhea and pneumonia.
9. About 20% of the population in the developed nations consume 86% of the world’s goods.
10. The poorest 40% of the world’s population accounts for 5% of the global income. The richest 20% accounts for 75% of world income.
11. Around 27-28% of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight or stunted.
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Source: Poverty.com
David Paul Krug is the founder of Bryghten, a business devoted to helping make the world brighter by partnering with Free The Children to build schools in the developing world.