1. Poverty
By: Will Winans and Thys Kuiteret

2. WHAT’S GOING ON?
20,000 CHILDREN
DIE EACH DAY DUE
TO POVERTY AND
POVERTY RELATED
DISEASE.

3. DID YOU KNOW?
EVERY 3.6 SECONDS A PERSON DIES OF
STARVATION AND IT IS MOSTLY CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF 5.

4. LESS THAN 1% OF WHAT THE
WORLD SPENDS ON WEAPONS
COULD PUT EVERY CHILD IN
SCHOOL AND TAKE THEM OFF
THE STREETS.

5. THERE ARE 2.2 BILLION
CHILDREN IN THE WORLD
AND 1 BILLION OF THEM
LIVE IN POVERTY.

6. WHILE IT TAKES YOU 5 STEPS TO GET WATER
FROM YOUR FRIDGE…
SOME PEOPLE
HAVE TO WALK
MILES JUST TO GET
DIRTY WATER.

7. THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF WATER
USED BY SOMEONE IN A DAY IN A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY IS 10
LITERS WHILE A REGULAR PERSON
IN AMERICA USES 335 LITERS THAT
IS A RATIO OF 23.5 TO 1.
TO

8. DID YOU KNOW?
1.6 BILLION PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO
ELECTRICITY.

9. Did You Know?
MORE THAN 800
MILLION PEOPLE GO TO
BED HUNGRY EVERY
NIGHT.

10. 4 OUT OF EVERY
10 PEOPLE DO
NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO A
BATHROOM.

11. BUT ENOUGH BAD
NEWS….

12. HERE’S SOME GOOD NEWS
DUE TO MANY
WORLD HUNGER
ORGANIZATIONS,
DAILY CHILD DEATHS
HAVE DROPPED
12,000 SINCE 1990.

13. UNICEF’S HUMANITARIAN RELIEF WORK HAS HELPED
NEARLY 1.8 BILLION PEOPLE GAIN ACCESS TO SAFE
DRINKING WATER.

14. BUT IF WE WORK TOGETHER, ……………

15. HOW YOU CAN
HELP?
DON ATE
AN
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16. YOU CAN DONATE
TIME BY
VOLUNTEERING AT A
FOOD BANK. AND BY
GIVING CANS TO ARE
SCHOOLS FOOD
DRIVE.

17. YOU CAN
DONATE
OLD
CLOTHES
AND SHOES
TO LOCAL
SHELTERS.

19. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERNCE!

20. WORKS CITED
CONNOLLY, DEBORAH R. HOMELESS MOTHERS. MINNEAPOLIS:
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 2000. PRINT.
"ISSUES: POVERTY." EMPOWERING WOMEN AND MEN TO END THEIR OWN
HUNGER. MARGUTO MALLEN. WEB. 05 APR. 2012.
<HTTP://WWW.THP.ORG/LEARN_MORE/ISSUES/POVERTY>.
"MAKING AN IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING ISSUES OF
POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND HOPELESSNESS.  ." THE LORD'S
HANDS & HEARTS MINISTRIES, INC. JACKLIN, 1997. WEB. 05 APR. 2012.
<HTTP://HANDSHEARTS.ORG/>.
O'CONNOR, KAREN. HOMELESS CHILDREN. SAN DIEGO, CA: LUCENT, 1989.
PRINT.
SHAH, ANNUP. "CAUSES OF POVERTY." GLOBAL ISSUES. CREATIVE
CONMIONS LICENSE. WEB. 05 APR. 2012.
<HTTP://WWW.GLOBALISSUES.ORG/ISSUE/2/CAUSES-OF-POVERTY>.