For decades many world leaders have struggled to
eradicate global, grinding poverty. While those efforts have
alleviated poverty for millions, the ongoing flood of rapid
population growth has undermined and overwhelmed much of this progress
to reduce poverty.
They struggle every day just to survive!
They do not have enough food. As a result, many are severely malnourished or starving.
They do not have enough water. And much of the water they do have is polluted and unsafe.
According to the United Nations the poorest 1.2 billion people struggle in absolute poverty -- and barely survive.
Absolute poverty is a condition of existence so limited by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition of human decency.
Starving children searching for insects to eat in Sudan.
These poorest - who struggle to survive in absolute poverty - are more than the entire world population in 1850!
The Poorest of These
More than a billion of the world’s poorest people do not live by any definition of “live” that nearly all people in developed countries take for granted.
Instead, these hundreds of millions – incredible and wonderful children of God – struggle just to barely survive!
They struggle every day just to survive!
Struggling to Survive -- The Poorest
The primary purpose of population balance is to reduce misery and suffering in the world.They do not have enough food. As a result, many are severely malnourished or starving.
They do not have enough water. And much of the water they do have is polluted and unsafe.
According to the United Nations the poorest 1.2 billion people struggle in absolute poverty -- and barely survive.
Struggling to Survive - Absolute Poverty
The primary purpose of population balance is to reduce misery and suffering in the world.Absolute poverty is a condition of existence so limited by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable definition of human decency.
Starving children searching for insects to eat in Sudan.
These poorest - who struggle to survive in absolute poverty - are more than the entire world population in 1850!
About 1 out of every 6 people on the planet struggles to exist in this horrific condition.
What do you think your life would be like if you were this young person?
What do you think this boy’s hopes and dreams are for the future?
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