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World Wide Poverty Satistics

Half the world's population nearly three billion people live on less than two dollars a day. [Numbers are according to the World Bank.]
There is nearly a billion people in the world that are unable to read a book or sign their names. [The State of the World's Children, 1999, UNICEF]
Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific. [World Resources Institute Pilot Analysis of Global Ecosystems, February 2001]
1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day. [The Reality of Aid 2000, (Earthscan Publications, 2000), p.10]
3 billion live on under two dollars a day. [The Reality of Aid 2000, (Earthscan Publications, 2000), p.10]
1.3 billion have no access to clean water. [The Reality of Aid 2000, (Earthscan Publications, 2000), p.10]
3 billion have no access to sanitation. [The Reality of Aid 2000, (Earthscan Publications, 2000), p.10]
2 billion have no access to electricity. [The Reality of Aid 2000, (Earthscan Publications, 2000), p.10]

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Online Children Charities:

1.) Children International:

Since 1936 Children International's mission has been to help children living in dire poverty. Through the generosity of contributors they provide needy children with a variety of programs and services to meet their basic needs, enhance their human dignity and raise their physical and educational levels in a meaningful, lasting way.

Today they help children in 9 countries - Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, the Philippines and the United States. And through programs in the West Bank/Jerusalem area, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, giving hope to children affected by extreme poverty.

For only $18 per month, you can sponsor a needy child to grow up healthy and educated.

Children International, Helps give a desperately poor child a hope for a brighter future.

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2.) World Vision Ie: (Part of World Vision International.)

World Vision wants every child to live life in all its' fullness; their prayer for every heart, and a will to make it so. They offer you the opportunity to make a difference, worldwide.

World Vision helps communities, families and their children trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty to overcome difficult circumstances and achieve their dreams of self-sufficiency.

You can help make those dreams come true for a child through a small monthly donation that will change a life for the better.

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