DISHEARTENING STATISTICS

BOTH IN RICH COUNTRIES AND POOR, A

STAGGERING 30-50% OF ALL FOOD PRODUCED

ROTS AWAY UNEATEN.

80% OF THE WORLD POPULATION LIVES ON LESS

THAN £7 PER DAY.

STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT HAVE SHOWN

THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DONATE TO CHARITY

TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY NASA ENGINEERS, IT WAS

FOUND THAT 60 OUT OF 1000 DRIVERS WOULD GO OUT

OF THEIR WAY TO HIT ANIMALS ON THE ROAD (DON'T WORRY,

THEY WERE FAKE, AND YES, NASA ENGINEERS ACTUALLY

PERFORMED THIS STUDY).

2 MILLION CHILDREN DIE OF PREVENTABLE DISEASES

EVERY YEAR (DIARRHEA, PNEUMONIA) BECAUSE THEY

ARE TOO POOR TO AFFORD TREATMENT.

ONE FOURTH OF HUMANITY LIVES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY

1.2 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN PLACES WITHOUT AN

ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER.

1.6 BILLION LIVE IN PLACES WHERE THEY DO HAVE

ACCESS TO WATER, BUT THEY SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD IT.