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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Nathaniel Batchelder Poverty and hunger are pandemic in our world, although we in the USA seem shielded from knowing or seeing the vast suffering it causes. Half of humanity survives on $2-a-day or less, without reliable access to safe water. Twenty percent of humanity — some $1.3 billion people — survive on $1-a-day or less with little hope of safe water. Because of this poverty, and the absence of simple health care [...] Continue reading Hunger and Poverty
Posted on January 25th, 2005 by Nathaniel Batchelder “This IS a world in which assistance to the poorest woman and child on the planet is not only the right thing to do, but is integral to our survival as a species.”
In 1990, some 40,000 children died every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. Today, just 30,000 children die every day from preventable disease and malnutrition. That 25% reduction in world child death rates resulted from citizen activism [...] Continue reading Seeds of Hope: Ending Hunger & Poverty IS Possible
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