Quote of the week

"If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our own institutions, great is our sin." - Charles Darwin

Child Poverty

Today, nearly half the world's 6 billion people live on less than $2 a day. Here that would buy you a cup of coffee from starbucks. However, poverty is a reality affecting both rich and poor countries. In developed countries it is estimated that 1 in 10 children live below the poverty line. The situation in developing countries is much worse. In the year 2000 alone, 1.7 million children were needlessly lost because countries around the world failed to reduce poverty levels.

This Information is from www.freethechildren.com/getinvolved/geteducated/childpoverty.htm#oo13