PRAY FOR POVERTY

POVERTY – GLOBAL STATISTICS

• Half the world -- nearly 3 billion people -- live on less than two dollars a day.
• 20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods

CHILDREN IN POVERTY – GLOBAL STATISTICS

• Number of children in the world = 2.2 billion
• Number in poverty = 1 billion (every second child)
• 30,000 children die EACH DAY due to poverty.
• 210,000 children die EACH WEEK due to poverty.
• 11 million children under age 5 die EACH YEAR due to poverty.

And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death

Among the 1.9 billion children in the developing nations:

• 640 million children do not have adequate shelter (1 in 3)
• 500 million children have no access to sanitation (1 in 4)
• 400 million children do not have access to safe water (1 in 5)
• 270 million children have no access to health care services (1 in 7)

Global priorities in spending in

Basic education for everyone in the world 6 $U.S. Billions

Cosmetics in the United States 8 $U.S. Billions

Water and sanitation for everyone in the world 9 $U.S. Billions

Ice cream in Europe 11 $U.S. Billions

Reproductive health for all women in the world 12 $U.S. Billions

Perfumes in Europe and the United States 12 $U.S. Billions

Basic health and nutrition for everyone in the world 13 $U.S. Billions

Pet foods in Europe and the United States 17 $U.S. Billions

Business entertainment in Japan 35 $U.S. Billions

Cigarettes in Europe 50 $U.S. Billions

Alcoholic drinks in Europe 105 $U.S. Billions

Narcotics drugs in the world 400 $U.S. Billions

Military spending in the world 780 $U.S. Billions