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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Dif you know?

In our world today:

One third of deaths – some 18 million people a year or 50,000 per day – are due to poverty-related causes. That’s 270 million people since 1990, the majority women and children, roughly equal to the population of the US. (Reality of Aid 2004)

Every year more than 10 million children die of hunger and preventable diseases – that’s over 30,000 per day and one every 3 seconds. (80 Million Lives, 2003 / Bread for the World / UNICEF / World Health Organization)
42 per cent of households have no toilets, and one in six people have no access to safe water.
Wisconsin
Children in poverty: 210,000 (144,000 in 1999)
Child poverty rate: 13.75% (20th)
Food insecure households: 148,000 (7.21%, 9th)
Hungry households: 48,000 (2.34%, 6th)