How you can Help

You can help by volunteering, donating, sharing, caring, praying, discussing, and learning.

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. She will place on your head a graceful garland; she will bestow on you a beautiful crown.

— Proverbs 4:7-9

Learn:

• Today, just 10% of the world population is living in extreme poverty.  That’s a massive improvement from 29% in 1995. But, there’s still a lot more work to do.
• Just over 700 million people are living off of less than $1.90 per day, the World Food Bank’s international line for extreme poverty.
• One-third of the entire urban population lives in a slum, which is an unsafe or unhealthy area in a crowded city.
• In poorer areas like Sub-Saharan Africa, 1 child in every 36 dies in the first month.
• Preventable diseases from things like malnutrition and contaminated water cause most under-five deaths.
• 1 in 5 children under 17 across the world in 2016 were not attending school
• Today, just under 9% of the world’s population is still open defecating.  Human feces find their way into food and water sources, polluting and causing diseases that would be preventable with access to a toilet.
• Access to safe water is a significant distinction between socioeconomic classes and rural populations are seven times more likely than their urban counterparts to be drinking contaminated water.
• Washing hands with soap and water is the most effective and affordable behavior to reduce preventable diseases. Oftentimes, those experiencing extreme poverty lack this knowledge and the clean water to effectively practice hand washing.