Around the world, some 26,500 children die every day.
That is equivalent to:
1 child dying every 3 seconds
18 children dying every minute
A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring every week
An Iraq-scale death toll every 15–36 days
Almost 10 million children dying every year
Some 60 million children dying between 2000 and 2006
The silent killers are poverty, hunger, easily preventable diseases and illnesses, and other related causes. In spite of the scale of this daily/ongoing catastrophe, it rarely manages to achieve, much less sustain, prime-time, headline coverage.
Those statistics are so depressing, but it’s even more depressing to think how little in terms of global wealth it would take to end this.
- Schev
Yes, you’re so right. But doing all we can in our little corner of the world does make a difference to the lives which are touched. Thanks you for the work you do! God bless, Jonie