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Food for thought

Over 25,000 children die every day around the world.
 
That is equivalent to:
  • 1 child dying every 3.5 seconds
  • 17-18 children dying every minute
  • A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring almost every 1.5 weeks
  • An Iraq-scale death toll every 16–38 days
  • Over 9 million children dying every year
  • Some 70 million children dying between 2000 and 2007

But what can we do?  I mean, it must cost far too much to solve any of these problems to even look into it, right?

Annual Cost of…

  • Eliminating hunger globally: $30 billion.
  • Providing education for every kid on earth: $12 billion.
  • Providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion.
  • Reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion.

U.S. Consumer Spending

Furniture Stores: $91 billion.
Car Dealers: $693 billion.
Golf Courses: $17 billion
Sporting Events: $22 billion.
Clothing Stores: $167 billion.
Gasoline Stations: $249 billion.

Casinos: $12 billion.

Shoe Stores: $22 billion.
Restaurants: $144 billion.
Amusement Parks: $8 billion
Florists: $6.6 billion
Grocery Stores: $415 billion

Jewelry Stores: $23 billion

Electronic and Appliance Stores: $82 billion
Coffee Shops: $4 billion
Doughnut Shops: $3 billion

Zoos and Botanical Gardens: $1.7 billion

Cosmetics: $8 billion

I’d say maybe our priorities are a little out of line…

  •  963 million people are hungry every day (more than the populations of the USA, Canada and the European Union).
  •  60% of 963 million hungry people are women.
  •  The number of undernourished people rose by 75 million in 2007.
  •  10.9 million children under the age of 5 die each year due to malnutrition.
  •  More than 70% of the 146 underweight children under 5 live in just 10 countries.
  •  1 out of 4 children, in developing countries, are underweight.
  •  Malnutrition and hunger related diseases cause 60 % of deaths.
  •  WFP and UNAIDS estimate that it costs an average of US$0.66 per day to provide nutritional support to an AIDS patient and his/her family.
  •  1 in 7 people do not get enough food to be healthy.

Still not convinced?  What about this…

The U.S. accounts for almost half of all military spending in the world, spending $540 billion annually on the U.S. Defense Budget.

Wealthy nations account for 75 percent of all military spending.

The majority of countries spend less than $1 billion a year on defense.