SERIOUS STATISTICS
Added on: 9th May 2015
THERE ARE 2.2 BILLION CHILDREN IN THE WORLD.
HALF OF THEM LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY
OVER 1 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE INADEQUATE ACCESS
TO WATER AND 2.6 BILLION LACK BASIC SANITATION.
MANY TIMES THIS MEANS NO SEPARATION OF DRINKING
WATER AND TOILET WATER.
THAT IS WHY 1.8 MILLION CHILDREN DIE EVERY YEAR
OF DIARRHOEA
APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION
NOW LIVES IN CITIES AND ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THOSE
IN THE CITIES LIVE IN SLUM CONDITIONS
IN FACT, SLUM GROWTH IS OUTPACING URBAN GROWTH
BY A FRIGHTENINGLY LARGE MARGIN
ONE QUARTER OF HUMANITY LIVES WITHOUT
ELECTRICITY
THE 7 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD MAKE MORE
THAN THE POOREST 41 COUNTRIES COMBINED
(ROUGHLY 567 MILLION PEOPLE)
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