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 DEATH 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

EVERY DAY 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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