FACTS
THE REALITY OF POVERTY
Article 25 of the UDHR guarantees food and shelter for all, but here is the reality.
3 BILLION
PEOPLE
(nearly half the world’s population) live on less than $2.50 a day
1.3
BILLION
of those live on less than $1.25 a day— in extreme poverty
22,000
CHILDREN
die each day due to poverty
151
MILLION
children under the age of 5 were stunted in their growth due to chronic malnutrition in the year 2017
842,000
PEOPLE
are estimated to die each year due to inadequate access to clean drinking water, sanitation and hand hygiene
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