Stand up to World Poverty

*ALL MUSIC USED IS PROPERTY OF THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS, I DO NOT INTEND TO PROFIT AND I ONLY MADE IT FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES*


World Poverty must be put to rest forever, do your part to ensure your fellow human beings can live a life without constant stress, constant hunger and thirst but live a life full of happiness and security.

Facts:

Health

Every year six million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday.
More than 50 percent of Africans suffer from water-related diseases such as cholera and infant diarrhea.
Everyday HIV/AIDS kills 6,000 people and another 8,200 people are infected with this deadly virus.
Every 30 seconds an African child dies of malaria-more than one million child deaths a year.
Each year, approximately 300 to 500 million people are infected with malaria. Approximately three million people die as a result.
TB is the leading AIDS-related killer and in some parts of Africa, 75 percent of people with HIV also have TB.
Hunger

More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day...300 million are children.
Of these 300 million children, only eight percent are victims of famine or other emergency situations. More than 90 percent are suffering long-term malnourishment and micronutrient deficiency.
Every 3.6 seconds another person dies of starvation and the large majority are children under the age of 5.
Water

More than 2.6 billion people-over 40 per cent of the worlds population-do not have basic sanitation, and more than one billion people still use unsafe sources of drinking water.
Four out of every ten people in the world dont have access even to a simple latrine.
Five million people, mostly children, die each year from water-borne diseases.
Agriculture

In 1960, Africa was a net exporter of food; today the continent imports one-third of its grain.
More than 40 percent of Africans do not even have the ability to obtain sufficient food on a day-today basis.
Declining soil fertility, land degradation, and the AIDS pandemic have led to a 23 percent decrease in food production per capita in the last 25 years even though population has increased dramatically.
For the African farmer, conventional fertilizers cost two to six times more than the world market price.
The devastating effect of poverty on women

Above 80 percent of farmers in Africa are women.
More than 40 percent of women in Africa do not have access to basic education.
If a girl is educated for six years or more, as an adult her prenatal care, postnatal care and childbirth survival rates, will dramatically and consistently improve.
Educated mothers immunize their children 50 percent more often than mothers who are not educated.
AIDS spreads twice as quickly among uneducated girls than among girls that have even some schooling.
The children of a woman with five years of primary school education have a survival rate 40 percent higher than children of women with no education.
A woman living in sub-Saharan Africa has a 1 in 16 chance of dying in pregnancy. This compares with a 1 in 3,700 risk for a woman from North America.
Every minute, a woman somewhere dies in pregnancy or childbirth. This adds up to 1,400 women dying each day-an estimated 529,000 each year-from pregnancy-related causes.
Almost half of births in developing countries take place without the help of a skilled birth attendant.

Song: Answer by Sarah Mclaughlin

Thank you

RaGDoLLxEffecT

(ragdollxeffect@hotmail.com)

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[MathilSkategirl]

really sweet and great video

[RaGDollxEffecT]

Thanks Mathilde

[w00paa]

This is a great video and amazing song choice! The world has approximately 6.72 billion people, yet, every 3.6 seconds another person dies of starvation. You would think with all the luxuries we have in our post-industrial countries we could each spare a little. Many people don't stop and realize how many problems the earth has; poverty is just one of many. Hopefully, we can all give back to the less fortunate because they also live in our home, planet Earth.

[iosacriost]

1:36, how sad.

God bless you for this video

[MrPragalv]

really makes sad

[averydi]

where did the military statistic come from??

what source?

[SuperSilviao]

This is the most critical and saddest condition of planet earth. Lack of good water and famine. Because so many innocent women and children are literally dying due to this extreme unbalanced programs that seem to continually fail. The narrow door to life is built with the proper balance and who actually preforms the miracle of love on mankind and their success without greed only by concentrating in God's ministry and listening to Jesus' way of life. But many people find it hard to believe.

[Thedarksecret1]

And people say that capitalism is the best economic system. I don't think that there was this much poverty in the world before colonialism and slavery.

[amzystarhh27]

i wish i cud give dem all the money in the world

[queueupladeez]

Sterilize them all. It's the only hope Africa has.

[DemianHermann]

Without the truth, there can be no real morality, justice, equality, success, freedom, love, security, peace, spirituality or even survival. To seek the truth, search "Truth Contest" in Google and click on the 1st result, then open The Present and read what it says.