Did you Know Blog

Did you know?

1.)  35 years ago 45,000 children have died because of poverty, but now only 17,000 children have died from poverty. (It’s getting better but it’s still bad.)

2.)  Nearly 1/2 of the world’s population on less than $2.50 a day.

3.)  In 2011, 165 million children under the age of five were stunted because of malnutrition.

4.)  More than 750 million people cannot access clean drinking water, which kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally or approximately 2,300 people per day.

5.)  Less than 1 percent of the US budget is going toward fighting extreme poverty.

6.)  3 million children die from malnutrition every year.

7.)  More people have access to a phone than a toilet.

8.)  805 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat.

9.)  80% of the world’s population lives on less than $10 a day.

10.)                     Oxfam estimates that it would take $60 billion annually to end extreme globally poverty.                                                                                                                                           

"11 Facts About Global Poverty." 11 Facts About Global Poverty. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2015.

"25 Most Shocking Global Poverty Facts." ONE. N.p., 21 Oct. 2014. Web. 31 May 2015.