3 billion people live on less than $2 per day, 1.3 billion of them on less than $1 per day.

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3 billion people live on less than 2 per day,
1.3 billion of them on less than 1 per
day. (worlds population 6.7 billion)
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Microsoft CEO Bill Gates has more wealth than the
bottom 45 of American households combined.
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To put that into perspective, heres a map
illustrating wealth by country in 2002.
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Starvation claims one life every 3.6 seconds,
usually a child under the age of five.
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If you have money in the bank, money in your
wallet, and spare change somewhere around the
house, you are among the richest 8 of the
worlds population.
If you have a car, you are among
the richest 7.
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1 of the people in the world have a college
education. 7 have computers.
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43 of the world lives without
basic sanitation.
Close to half of the people in developing
countries are suffering at any given time from a
health problem caused by water and sanitation
deficits.
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Less than one percent of what the world spends
each year on weapons is enough money to put every
child into school.
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Wealth Distribution
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Where do you stand?
If you make ____ a year You're in the richest ____ of the world
20,000 11.16
30,000 7.16
40,000 3.17
50,000 0.98
60,000 0.91
70,000 0.85
100,000 0.66
150,000 0.33
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8 could buy you 15 organic apples
or
25 fruit trees for farmers in

Honduras to grow and sell
fruit at their
local market. 30
could buy you a Season of Greys Anatomy on DVD
or a First Aid kit for an
entire village in Haiti.
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73 could buy you a new mobile phone
or
a new mobile health
clinic to care for AIDS orphans in Uganda.
2400
could buy you a second

generation HDTV
or
schooling for an entire generation
of children in an Angolan village.
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Where are our priorities?
What we spend
Global Priority U.S. Billions
Cosmetics in the United States 8
Ice cream in Europe 11
Perfumes in Europe and the United States 12
Pet foods in Europe and the United States 17
Business entertainment in Japan 35
Cigarettes in Europe 50
Alcoholic drinks in Europe 105
Narcotics drugs in the world 400
Military spending in the world 780
How much it would cost
Global Priority U.S. Billions
Basic education for all 6
Water and sanitation for all 9
Reproductive health for all women 12
Basic health and nutrition 13
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Whatever affects one directly, affects all
indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be
until you are what you ought to be. This is the
interrelated structure of reality. -Martin
Luther King, Jr. "If you can't feed 100 people,
then feed just one."
-Mother Teresa
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So what can you do?
Get involved!
There are tons of ways to do it - Check out
www.charitynavigator.org or www.onepercentmatters.
org to find organizations that interest you -
Check out http//uuis.umich.edu/maizepgs/ to find
organizations on campus - Sign up at
www.thedp.org for DP Day (Detroit Project) on
March 29 to help serve the Detroit community
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Meet Lenatus By skipping out on dinner and a
movie or coffee every so often, I easily save 30
a month, which provides Lenatus and his family
with clean water, nutritious food, health care,
and schooling.
Check out www.worldvision.org or
www.compassion.com for more info on child
sponsorship. Go in with a couple of friends if
30 is too much!
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Whatever you do do something to share
the privilege you enjoy with others.
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Submitted by Lacey Bierlein (University of
Michigan) If you use this, you may want to
change/remove the slide that applies specifically
to me (slide 17) ? Sources http//www.miniature-
earth.com/ http//globalrichlist.com/
http//www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Facts.as
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