FACTS

In the world:

• Every 3.5 seconds someone dies of hunger.
• Every 11 seconds someone dies of AIDS.
• Every 15 seconds a child dies from a waterborne illness.
• 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS.
• 1 billion have no access to clean water.
• 2.6 billion live without basic sanitation.
• 5 million live in refugee camps.
• 1.08 billion live on $1 or less per day.
• 2 million children die each year from diseases that inexpensive vaccines could have prevented.
• 11 million children worldwide die before they reach their 5th birthday. That’s as if every child under 5 living in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany were to die in a single year. 
• The world produces enough food to feed everyone.
• Every year more than 16 million people—the equivalent of one hundred 747 jets crashing every day of the year—die from:
• Hunger  9,125,000
• HIV/AIDS  2,900,000
• Pneumonia  2,000,000
• Diarrhea 1,600,000
• Malaria  1,000,000
• Poverty is the common denominator

TAKE ACTION TODAY

• Pick a global organization that interests you. The needs are many and obvious.

YOU MATTER

The numbers are unbelievable, but they reflect a truth we cannot ignore. This is OUR world. You, your friends, your family, your co-workers ALL matter when it comes to changing the statistics.  Each one of you can make a huge difference. Every day we put off helping our world, we lose tens of thousands of people … many of whom died while you were reading this page.