i'm trying to focus my efforts on being involved in matters that will out-live me.
26,530,00 CHILDREN DIE EACH DAY DUE TO POVERTY.
"THEY DIE QUEITLY 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." -UNICEF
ABOUT 72 MILLION CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD WERE NOT IN SCHOOL IN 2005; 57 PERCENT OF THEM WERE GIRLS. THESE NUMBERS ARE REGARDED AS "OPTIMISTIC".
LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF WHAT THE WORLD SPENT EVERY YEAR ON WEAPONS WAS NEEDED TO PUT EVERY CHILD INTO SCHOOL BY 2003, IT STILL HASN'T HAPPENED.
AN ESTIMATED 40 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, OVER 3.5 MILLION DEATHS A YEAR
EVERY YEAR THERE ARE 350-500 MILLION CASES OF MALARIA, WITH ONE MILLION FATALITIES: AFRICA ACCOUNTS FOR 90 PERCENT OF MALARIAL DEATHS AND AFRICAN CHILDREN ACCOUNT FOR OVER 80 PERCENT OF MALARIA VICTIMS WORLDWIDE.
