Devastating facts

Here are some devastating facts from UNICEF. In the meantime, of course, billions upon billions of dollars go toward war.

There are 2.2 billion children in the world – 1.1 billion live in poverty.

30,000 children die every single day due to poverty. “Every year, 11 million children will die quietly, in some of the poorest villages on earth.”

Nearly 1 billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their name.

More than 253 million children – as young as 5 years old – work in child labor.

1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.

One-half of the world’s population – 3 billion people – live on less than $2 a day.