Child4Child - Child Poverty Awareness

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(2006) Bullocks to Poverty The Cause (on-line)***

(2004) E-Library (variety of journals and news-articals) E-Library (curriculum Edition) (on-line)

(1998-2006) (A. Shah) (Created: Monday, July 20, 1998) ( Last Updated: Saturday, April 15, 2006) Global Issues: Poverty Poverty Info (on-line)*****

(2006) MAKEpovertyHISTORY The White Band (on-line)***

2003-2006) Myspace Myspace.com (on-line)**


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ABOUT:
Child4Child - is an orginization against child poverty, especially child poverty, becuase we like to think that everyone is equal and everyone should get to live life to its fullest. A full education, clean food and water, and clothes to wear.

We are here to give you information about children living in Africa, Thailand, India, even parts of the United States and Canada.

We are in full support of "MakePOVERTYhistory", ONE, Bullocks to Poverty, and other orginizations that are against, poverty, child poverty, lack of education, and the HIV/aids.

Poverty Facts:
Credit to: globalissues.org

Half the world — nearly three billion people — live on less than two dollars a day. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the poorest 48 nations (i.e. a quarter of the world’s countries) is less than the wealth of the world’s three richest people combined. Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Less than one per cent 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. 51 percent of the world’s 100 hundred wealthiest bodies are corporations. The wealthiest nation on Earth has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation. The poorer the country, the more likely it is that debt repayments are being extracted directly from people who neither contracted the loans nor received any of the money. 20% of the population in the developed nations, consume 86% of the world’s goods. The top fifth of the world’s people in the richest countries enjoy 82% of the expanding export trade and 68% of foreign direct investment — the bottom fifth, barely more than 1%. In 1960, the 20% of the world’s people in the richest countries had 30 times the income of the poorest 20% — in 1997, 74 times as much. An analysis of long-term trends shows the distance between the richest and poorest countries was about:

3 to 1 in 182011 to 1 in 191335 to 1 in 195044 to 1 in 197372 to 1 in 1992

“The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels” The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people. “The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.” “The combined wealth of the world’s 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; the combined incomes of the 582 million people living in the 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.” “Of all human rights failures today, those in economic and social areas affect by far the larger number and are the most widespread across the world’s nations and large numbers of people.” “Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.”
According to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”
That is about 210,000 children each week, or just under 11 million children under five years of age, each year. For economic growth and almost all of the other indicators, the last 20 years [of the current form of globalization, from 1980 - 2000] have shown a very clear decline in progress as compared with the previous two decades [1960 - 1980]. For each indicator, countries were divided into five roughly equal groups, according to what level the countries had achieved by the start of the period (1960 or 1980). Among the findings:

Growth: The fall in economic growth rates was most pronounced and across the board for all groups or countries. Life Expectancy: Progress in life expectancy was also reduced for 4 out of the 5 groups of countries, with the exception of the highest group (life expectancy 69-76 years). Infant and Child Mortality: Progress in reducing infant mortality was also considerably slower during the period of globalization (1980-1998) than over the previous two decades. Education and literacy: Progress in education also slowed during the period of globalization.

“Today, across the world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.3 billion have no access to clean water; 3 billion have no access to sanitation; 2 billion have no access to electricity.” The richest 50 million people in Europe and North America have the same income as 2.7 billion poor people. “The slice of the taken by 1% is the same size as that handed to the poorest 57%.” The world’s 497 billionaires in 2001 registered a combined wealth of $1.54 trillion, well over the combined gross national products of all the nations of sub-Saharan Africa ($929.3 billion) or those of the oil-rich regions of the Middle East and North Africa ($1.34 trillion). It is also greater than the combined incomes of the poorest half of humanity. A mere 12 percent of the world’s population uses 85 percent of its water, and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World.

25. Consider the global priorities in spending in 1998
Global Priority $U.S. Billions
Cosmetics in the United States 8
Ice cream in Europe 11
Perfumes in Europe and the United States 12
Pet foods in Europe and the United States 17
Business entertainment in Japan 35
Cigarettes in Europe 50
Alcoholic drinks in Europe 105
Narcotics drugs in the world 400
Military spending in the world 780

And compare that to what was estimated as additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in all developing countries:

Global Priority $U.S. Billions
Basic education for all 6
Water and sanitation for all 9
Reproductive health for all women 12
Basic health and nutrition 13

Global Priority $U.S. Billions
Cosmetics in the United States 8
Ice cream in Europe 11
Perfumes in Europe and the United States 12
Pet foods in Europe and the United States 17
Business entertainment in Japan 35
Cigarettes in Europe 50
Alcoholic drinks in Europe 105
Narcotics drugs in the world 400
Military spending in the world 780

And compare that to what was estimated as additional costs to achieve universal access to basic social services in all developing countries:

Global Priority $U.S. Billions
Basic education for all 6
Water and sanitation for all 9
Reproductive health for all women 12
Basic health and nutrition 13

Number of children in the world2.2 billionNumber in poverty1 billion (every second child)Shelter, safe water and healthFor the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)

In 1989, the House of Commons unanimously resolved to eliminate poverty among Canadian children by the year 2000. At the start of 2005, one million Canadian children, or nearly one in six, are still poor. Aboriginal people are disproportionately affected.

We must end child poverty in Canada. We must make key investments in social development that will make a difference:

More money for low-income families. Affordable housing and the creation of decent jobs, with a higher minimum wage. Universal, affordable early learning and child care.

Canada can take action:

Raise the annual Canada Child Tax Benefit (or equivalent benefit) to $4,900 per child and ensure all low-income children receive full benefit of this program. Involve groups where poverty is predominant, such as Aboriginal People, women, minorities and youth in the design and implementation of a domestic poverty reduction strategy.

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