Over 22,000 children die daily from poverty-related causes, and 80% of people live on less than $10 per day. Nearly 1 billion adults cannot read or write, and in 2005 over 70 million children in developing countries were not in school. Military spending is $780 billion annually compared to only $13 billion spent on basic health and nutrition. Poverty affects over 1.6 billion people without electricity and half the world's population faces water problems. Poverty is a global issue, not confined to specific regions, and is often due to circumstances outside of people's control. Individuals are encouraged to support organizations addressing poverty and participate in programs like Free Rice to donate food.

1. Poverty By: AlonaBotnar

3. “Today, over 22,000 children died around the world”

5. “At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day”

7. “Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names…about 72 million children in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57% were girls… And these are regarded as optimistic numbers…”

8. We complain about our schools…

9. They appreciate what they have…

10. Military Spending in the World = $780 billion

11. Yet we only spend $13 billion on basic health and nutrition…

12. “Less than 1% of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000… and yet it didn’t happen”

13. We depend on our phones, iPods, laptops, etc. “1.6 billion people — a quarter of humanity — live without electricity” We can’t even cope with short power outages

15. Water Problems affect half of the world’s population… “Diarrhea diseases such as cholera and dysentery kill about 1.6 million people each year, almost all of them children.” Diarrhea is often a result of unclean water, unsafe sanitation, or poor hygiene.

17. Poverty is not just in Africa or Asia… It is everywhere.

20. It is not these people’s fault. They are not lazy. They have not made poor decisions. Many were born this way. Many have no way out. They feel trapped. They feel powerless.

21. Let’s end the tears…

22. Let’s End the Hunger…End the Frustration.

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25. Stand Up Against Poverty Now

26. What YOU can do… Contact the following organizations: The Hunger Project Soles4Souls Acumen Fund Child’s Dream World for World Organization

27. Go on Free Rice… For every correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to a person in need Make this a part of the curriculum If a student answers at least 50 questions correctly in each core subject a year – 200 grains will be donated That would be 1,200 grains of rice per student if doing this throughout their secondary education

31. YOU can be a Hero Against Poverty

32. Click Below to Get Started http://freerice.com/ http://www.thp.org/ http://www.childsdream.org/ http://www.acumenfund.org/ http://www.soles4souls.org/ http://www.worldforworld.org/ (Click to Advance Slide)

33. Thank You! (Facts and Statistics from http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats) Click to end slideshow