What In Tarnation?!?!? In the Classroom

Nearly 3 billion people – half the world’s population – live on less than $2 a day.
The World Bank Group Annual Report 2004

1.1 billion people live on less than $1 per day.
UNDP 2004 Human Development Report

Every day, over 29,000 children die from preventable diseases (such as malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and acute respiratory infections), totaling 10.6 million children per year.
UNICEF State of the World’s Children 2005

More than 852 million people in the world are malnourished – 815 million of them are in developing countries.
FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004

300 million children around the world suffer from hunger.
UNICEF 2005

In developing countries, one child in 10 dies before his or her fifth birthday. By comparison, in the U.S. one child in 165 will die before turning five years old.
Bread for the World Hunger Basics 2004

Children who are moderately underweight are more than four times more likely to die from infectious diseases than are well-nourished children.
UNDP Human Development Report 2005

Each year more than 20 million low birth weight babies are born in the developing world. Low birth weight babies face increased risk of dying in infancy and of stunted physical and cognitive growth during childhood. As adults their capacity and earnings may decrease, and women are at risk of giving birth to low birth weight babies themselves.
FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004

The number of food crises around the world has risen since 1980, from an average of 15 per year to 30 per year. Man-made food crises have more than doubled since 1992 from about 15 percent to more than 35 percent.
FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2004

World Vision’s* 30 Hour Famine is coming up again. The 30 Hour Famine is a way to get people involved with coming up with a solution for world hunger. As you can see from the above facts, the need is great. My youth group and I will be taking part in the 30 Hour Famine. For 30 hours we will not anything to help raise money for the less fortunate.

Wanna help? There are several ways you can:

• Our group would love your prayer support. Safety, understanding, wisdom, and folk who are willing to financially support our efforts. We will famine on February 24 and 25.
• You can support me financially. This year I actually got a donation button that you can use to donate any amount of money that you would like. It only takes about $30 a month, roughly $1 a day, to feed and care for a child in most developing countries. A mere $360 will provide for those life-saving needs for an entire year.

If you make a donation and you would like a charitable receipt, e-mail me and I will get that out in the mail to you. All funds given through this PayPal link will go to the Famine. I will also link to the websites of any contributers

*World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. They serve the world’s poor— regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.

Class dismissed!