Since we, young people, are going to decide the future of this planet, there are a few things that we seem to forget about that we should keep in mind....
40% of the world's population accounts for 5% of global income (The richest 20% of the world's population accounts for 3/4 of global income.)
--> What does this mean? This means that there is a small handful of painfully rich people and those who are not in this handful are mostly living in poverty. (You are in the handful)
2.6 billion people do not have access to sanitary water. (Think about how many people live on the planet). Most of these spend hours a day just trying to obtain it.
Number of children in the world: 2.2 billion
Number of children in poverty: 1 billion
Global military spending: 780 Billion US dollars
Global education spending: 6 Billion US dollars
A billion people entered the 21st century unable to sign their names. In other words, about 1 in 7 people do not know how to spell their own names and have never been taught.
Something to think about.
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