SOBERING STATISTICS
Added on: 6th Mar 2015
At least 80% of humanity lives on less than £6.50 per day
To put things into perspective, the top 20% of the world's
population accounts for three quarters of the world's income.
Half of the world's population accounts for only 5% of
the world's income
According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die every day due to poverty
Nearly one third of children in developing countries are estimated
to be underweight or stunted
Last year, about 70 million children of primary school age
were not in school
Nearly a billion people celebrated the coming of the 21st century
without being able to read a book or sign their name
Preventable diseases like Malaria afflict nearly 500 million
people every year
Africa alone accounts for roughly 1 million deaths due to
Malaria annually. Most of them are children
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