Global Economic Crisis » Poverty Facts http://www.economiccrisisblog.com Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:32:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Global Food Crisis – East Africa Emergency! http://www.economiccrisisblog.com/poverty-facts/global-food-crisis-east-africa-emergency http://www.economiccrisisblog.com/poverty-facts/global-food-crisis-east-africa-emergency#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:06:36 +0000 Stephen Cline http://www.economiccrisisblog.com/?p=12 As a follow-up of yesterdays post on Poverty Facts: 10 Detestable Statistics In Pictures, I received a letter in the mail from World Vision (I Sponsor 2 Children). I opened the envelope quickly expecting news about one of my sponsor children, to find an information sheet full of condemning statistics about 4 countries in Africa that are going through a major food crisis!

Here Are The Statistics:

ETHIOPIA
ethiopia needs food aid

  • Population: 78 Million
  • 6.4 Million People Need Foor Urgently
  • Food Prices Have Risen By Between 100%-300% In Recent Months
  • Sever Acture Nutrition Is Rising Drastically
  • 270,000 Metric Tonnes Of Food Is Needed Now!

KENYA
Kenya world food crisis

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  • Total Population: 38 Million
  • 1.2 Million People In Northern Kenya Need Foor Urgently
  • Figures Could Rise To 3.5 Million Unless Help Arrives Immediately
  • Water Shortages Are Acute. Livestock Are Dying
  • Post Election Violence In Early 2008 Displaced Thousands And Seriously Affected Food Production

UGANDA
uganda world food crisis

  • Total Population: 28 Million
  • 2.1 Million People In North And East Need Food Aid Urgently
  • Conflict, Drought And Livestock Disease Are The Main Cause Of The Current Crisis
  • Delayed Rains Kept 90% Of Families In Affected Areas From Planting Crops This Season

SOMALIA
 Somalia world food crisis

  • Total Population: 8 Million
  • 3.5 Million People Need Food Urgently
  • Could Rise To 4 Million By December
  • Conflict And Attacks On Aid Workers Limit Relief Response


How is it that news like this is not making headline news? Is it because we don’t want to hear it? We are so comfortable in our world and our lives that we do not want something happening on the other side of the world impact us and make us stop and think about what we can do.

Well I think when almost 50% of a whole country (Somalia) is in urgent need of food. We need to be hearing it. We need to be getting uncomfortable. We need to stand up. AND WE NEED TO HELP!

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  • Over 3,000,000,000 People Live On Less Than $2.50 A Day! (Source: WorldBank.org )

    nothing to eat for dinner

    (Photo Credit: greenyodadude - Flickr)

  • The Top 1% Of The World’s Richest People Earn As Much As The Poorest 57% (Source: Food4Africa.org)

    the richest have nice houses while the poor barely have a housethe rich have luxury cars while the poor usually do not have any mode of transport
    rich go out and buy expensive food when the poor eat rice or noodles - if anything
    The great news is that we are seeing the richest people all over the world stand up and decide that these statistics are not acceptable – and are willing to put their money where their mouth is! A few examples are:

  • About 2 Billion People Do Not Have Basic Sanitation (Source: Salvation Army)

    poor sanitation

    (Photo Credit: Sebastian Rich)

  • Every Day, Almost 16,000 Children Die From Hunger-Related Causes–One Child Every Five Seconds (Source: TheLancet.com)

    16,000 children die from hunger related causes a day 

    alexandermalakhov - Flickr

  • 33.2 Million People Are Living With HIV/Aids (Source: UNAid.org)
    an aids victim

    (Photo Credit: Top News)

  • 153 Million Children Under 5 In The Developing World Are Underweight (Source: WorldBank.org)

    153 underweight children☠ ● qυєєη σƒ яσ¢к ● ☠ – Flickr

  • Every Year The World Produces 356 kg Of Cereal Per Person, Yet 40 Million People Die Of Hunger

    child hungry
    (Photo Credit: Carf – Flickr

  • The Developing World Now Spends $13 On Debt Repayment For Every $1 It Receives In Grants (Source: ThinkQuest.org)

    aid money and more needed to repay debt
    (Photo Credit: camera_rwanda- Flickr)

  • More Than 10 Million Children In Africa Alone Have Been Orphaned By Aids (Source: UNDP)

    10 million orphans in africa from aids alone
    (Photo Credit: camera_rwanda- Flickr)

  • Less Than 1 Percent Of What The World Spends Each Year On Weapons Could Put Every Child in School (Source: UNICEF)

    child soldiers

    (Photo Credit: Open.Ac.Uk)

    • What Will You Do About It?

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