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What
we are facing:
Every year, 8 million people die because they’re too poor to
stay alive. Poverty drives 12-year old children to become child soldiers.
It fuels the AIDS epidemic in Africa. It forces girls as young as 10
to become child prostitutes and millions of other children to work instead
of attending school. Poverty devastates families, communities and nations.
It causes instability and political unrest. It fuels conflicts.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Half the world lives on
less than $2 a day
- 30,000 children die every day due to poverty
- 2 billion have no access to electricity
- 20% of people in the highest-income countries consume 86% of the
world’s resources. The poorest 20% account for a minuscule 1.3%
LEARN MORE
Children Living in Poverty - UNICEF
PovertyNet - World Bank
NetAid
GET INVOLVED
Millennium Campaign Action Center - UN
The Campaign to Make Poverty History - One
Fighting Poverty with Microfinance - Grameen
Foundation USA
Make Poverty History - CAFOD
The 30,000 Campaign
Test Your Knowledge: Here's a blank map of Africa. See how
many countries you can fill in.
Print
the map!
Go to http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp
for answers.
Find out more
NGOs advancing the MDGs
UN DPI Affiliated NGOs
UN Ecosoc Affiliated NGOs
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Real
Player required
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Betsy Johnson, Astoria,
is upset so many people lack access to safe
drinking water |
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Eric
Williams, Queens, wants the world to
do something about preventable diseases
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Larry
Kushner, Manhattan, is shocked about a
billion people
living
in poverty |
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Jeremy
Kressner, Bronx,
calls on leaders to protect human rights |
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