Today’s Global Challenges:

80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.

46% of children around the world live in poverty.

25% of humanity live without electricity.

98% of all non-literates live in developing countries.

49% is the overall literacy rate in the least developed countries.

1.4 billion people live under $1.25 a day.

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

For every $1 in aid a developing country receives, over $25 is spent on debt repayment.

According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world.