Nearly 1\/2 of the world\u2019s population \u2014 more than 3 billion people \u2014 live on less than $2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty \u2014 less than $1.25 a day.<\/p>
1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.<\/p>
805 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat. Food banks are especially important in providing food for people who can\u2019t afford it themselves. Run a food drive outside your local grocery store so people in your community have enough to eat.<\/p>
More than 750 million people lack adequate access to clean drinking water. Diarrhea caused by inadequate drinking water, sanitation, and hand hygiene kills an estimated 842,000 people every year globally, or approximately 2,300 people per day.<\/p>
In 2011, 165 million children under the age of 5 were stunted (reduced rate of growth and development) due to chronic malnutrition.<\/p>
Preventable diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia take the lives of 2 million children a year who are too poor to afford proper treatment.<\/p>
As of 2013, 21.8 million children under 1 year of age worldwide had not received the three recommended doses of vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.<\/p>
1\/4 of all humans live without electricity \u2014 approximately 1.6 billion people.<\/p>
80% of the world population lives on less than $10 a day.<\/p>
Oxfam estimates that it would take $60 billion annually to end extreme global poverty \u2014 that\u2019s less than 1\/4 of the income of the top 100 richest billionaires.<\/p>
The World Food Programme says, \u201cThe poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty.\u201d Hunger is the number one cause of death in the world, killing more than HIV\/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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