A Painful Reality…
Poverty is reality for nearly half the world’s population… almost 3 billion people. And of those, more than 1 billion subsist on less than $1 a day. For them, the smallest of necessities seem impossible – every step is another obstacle to overcome. The statistics tell a grim tale:
- Poverty is the number one killer in the world (British Medical Journal)
- Six-million children under the age of 5 die as a result of hunger and malnutrition every year (UNICEF)
- More than 1 billion people live without access to safe drinking water (UN)
- More than 78 percent of the developing world's urban population now lives in slums (UN - Habitat)
Statistics only tell part of the story though. Behind the numbers are real people.
The Hands Of Help Foundation is here to give these Real People, Real Hope!
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