POVERT Y
POVERTY
BY: COURTNEY WILLIAMS & WILLOW PIDRETTI
POVERTY:DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS?
IT MEANS NOT HAVING FOOD TO FEED YOU
FAMILY, NOT HAVING SHELTER, NOT HAVING
ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER OR MEDICINE WHEN
YOU’RE SICK.
EVERY 43 SECONDS A CHILD IS BORN INTO POVERTY
CHILDREN DIE EVERY 53 SECONDS FROM THESE DISEASES…
TUBERCULOSISAIDS
MALARIAKWASHIORKOR.
MORE THAN 15,000,000
CHILDREN DIE FROM
KWASHIORKOR EVERY YEAR.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE ON A
$1.25 A DAY.
ON AVERAGE AMERICANS LIVE ON $145 A DAY.
684,000 CHILD DEATHS COULD BE PREVENTED BY ACCESS TO VITAMIN
A AND ZINC.
1 IN 7 PEOPLE ON OUR PLANET LIVE
IN POVERTY.
950,000,000 PEOPLE ARE STARVING
A PERSON WITH 2 CHILDREN WOULD NEED $30,000 TO
COVER BASIC NEEDS…
HEALTH CARE
TRANSPORTATION
DAY CARE
EVERYDAY POVERTY RELATED CAUSES
KILL 50,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE.
17% OF THE WORLDS HOUSEHOLDS
WITHOUT FOOD INCLUDE CHILDREN
There are 37,000,000
people in poverty nationwide
1/6 OF THE WORLDS POPULATION LACK
THE ABILITY TO FULFILL BASIC NEEDS
In developing countries, only 2% of
disabled children receive an education
10 million children die
before the age of 5
a child dies every 3
seconds
From hunger or a disease that could
have been prevented
There are 300,000 maternal deaths
annually from child birth
Asians have only 1,209,000 people
in poverty
SEEMS LIKE A LOT
But Americans alone have 16,870,000 people in poverty
1.1 billion people don’t have access
to safe water
2.3 billion people suffer from water-born diseases each year
How would you feel if you knew that there is
20% chance you are affected by a disability
Would you want to suffer from…
HUNGER
DISEASES
HIV
DROUGHTS
FLOODS
ILLITERACY
Put a
Put a
Put a
Or…
HAPPINESS
JOY
HOPE
HEALTHY
BELIEVE
A FUTURE
How to help?
DONATEVOLUNTEERFUNDRAISE
ANYTHING
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