Monday, June 30, 2014

Extreme Global Poverty

What is Extreme Global Poverty? It's an important question, and the numbers are staggering. 2.8 billion people live on less than $2/day (USD), and roughly 1.2 billion people live on less than $1.25/day (USD)--the definition of "extreme global poverty." Consider the following: Water - 3.4 million people die every year from water related diseases around the world, and roughly 768 million people do not have access to clean water. Health - Nearly 11,000 people die every day from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Close to two-thirds of these people are living in sub-Saharan Africa. Education - 57 million children of primary school age are out of school. More than half of them (29.8 million) are in sub-Saharan Africa and a further one fifth (12.4 million) in South and West Asia. Women - A woman dies every minute due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Human Trafficking - worldwide, it's estimated that 29.8 million people are enslaved. Agriculture & hunger - Malnutrition is the underlying cause of death for at least 3.1 million children, accounting for 45% of all deaths among children under the age of five. In the Philippines, with our endless poverty; especially poverty of the worst kind - the poverty of the mind and heart, we Filipinos are still educated in Catholic schools, colleges, and universities to believe in God and to have faith in God who, sooner or later, will provide for us filipinos. If not today, tomorrow in the next world to come in heaven but only after we are all dead! Oh yes, thanks to our sick religious values and sick religious beliefs - as the Sick Children of Asia we Filipinos have far more love for a Jewish Savior - the Son of God Jesus than we do love the sons and the daughters of our poor and backward country. Poch Suzara, Atheist, Twitter# Facebook# Google#

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