Hunger in the World

Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger.
    About   815 million people worldwide suffer from hunger and malnutrition.
     Only in 32 of 99 surveyed by FAO in developing countries was noted in the past 10 years, decrease in the number of undernourished. In China, their number decreased by 76 million, but in Congo, the proportion rose from 35% in 1990-92 to 64% in 1997-99.
     In eight West African countries, including Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, the number of chronically hungry people declined significantly in the years 1980-1996. But in Africa, central, eastern and southern growing number of hungry people.
     1 / 12 of people worldwide suffer from malnutrition, including 160 million children under five years of age (FAO).
     The World Health Organization (WHO) 1 / 3 of the world population is well nourished, 1 / 3 are malnourished, and 1 / 3 are starving.
     On the Indian subcontinent living nearly half the world's hungry people. In Africa and the rest of Asia together - about 40%. The rest of the hungry people live in Latin America and other parts of the world (Hunger in a Global Economy).
     3 billion people in the world trying to survive on $ 2 a day. Nearly 1 / 4 people - 1.3 billion - live on less than $ 1 per day. Meanwhile, assets of 358 billionaires exceed the combined annual incomes of countries with a population of 45% of the world's population. Total assets three richest people in the world is greater than the combined GDP of all least developed countries.
     To cover the unmet needs of the world in terms of hygiene and food, just $ 13 billion - as much as people in the United States and European Union spend on perfume each year.

Starving Children

Every year, dying of starvation 15 million children.
     Malnutrition causes 55% of all child deaths worldwide - ratio, which has not reached any infectious disease since the plague.
    About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age.
     Malnutrition affects half of children under five years of life in South Asia and 1 / 3 of children in sub-Saharan Africa.
     Only in 1997 in poor countries saved the lives of at least 300 thousand. children with vitamin A supplement program in the diet.
     For the price of one missile a school full of hungry children could spend 5 years daily noon meal.
     In the 1990s, more than 100 million children died from disease and starvation. Could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or a two-day global military spending.