9. FACTS ABOUT POVERTY:
EVERY DAY, 30 000 CHILDREN DIE AS A RESULT OF POVERTY
MORE THAN 850 MILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
10. FACTS ABOUT POVERTY:
EVERY DAY, 30 000 CHILDREN DIE AS A RESULT OF POVERTY
MORE THAN 850 MILLION PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD
3 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE MORE MONEY THAN
ALL 600 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE POOREST COUNTRIES
30. THEY TRIED TO MAKE THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE –
G8- HELP
31. LIVE 8 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN CALLED
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
32. •IN JULY, 2005, 250 000 PEOPLE WALKED THE STREETS OF
EDINBURGH TO SUPPORT THE POOR AND PUT PRESSURE ON
THE G 8 GROUP
•THIS MARCH WAS CALLED “THE LONG WALK TO
JUSTICE”
33. THE G8 LEADERS
DOUBLED THE AID – FROM
$25 TO 50$ BILLION
THEY DECIDED TO
CANCEL THE DEBT OF THE
18 POOREST COUNTRIES
THEY AGREED TO GIVE
MONEY FOR MEDICATION –
ESPECIALLY TO TREAT
AIDS