Nov 4, 2009

Our Generation's Clarion Call

There are 6.7 billion people on earth. If the population could be expressed in a global village of 100, here's how the village would look.
  • 60 Asians
  • 14 Africans
  • 12 Europeans
  • 8 Latin Americans
  • 5 American/Canadians
  • 1 South Pacific
  • 51 men, 49 women
  • 82 non-white, 18 white
  • 67 non-Christians, 33 Christians
On a typical day, the 4 American spends $105/day.
40 of the villagers survive on $2/day.
15 of the villagers survive on less than $1/day.

26,500 children died today. 26,500 children died yesterday. 26,500 children will die tomorrow.

10,000,000 children will die within a year from now.

And NOT ONE OF THESE DEATHS ARE NECESSARY.

Because we already have all the food, medicine, money, and the resources to get the supplies to the dying.

We might not be able to solve all that ails our world. But we must do something about this injustice.

This is our clarion call for this generation.

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