A poverty striken boy begs for money


Poverty is all around us, even in the 21st century. The hardest hit is Africa, and data shows that:
13,500 people around the world get infected with HIV/AIDS everyday
22,000 people around the world die from extreme poverty everyday
850 million people around the world go to bed hungry everyday
1 billion people around the world live on less than $1 a day
Poverty basically means that not being able to sustain oneself to get basic needs as medication, education, shelter and food. This should not be happening, especially when the world has the ability to change it. It is just not fair for us to live such a happy life and the poor people to suffer like that.

However, it is not hopeless. There are organizations such as the World bank that lends loans to poor countries without any interest, when the country has something reasonable to say about why they need money. It is still not enough. We cannot ask the government to do everything. We have to take actions by ourselves first, and fast, before it is too late.

Sources for picture
http://30tocure30.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/china_poverty.jpg