If the world were a village of 100 people...

Something to think about...

The village would have

60 Asians, 14 Africans, 12 Europeans, 8 Latin Americans, 5 people from the USA and Canada and 1 person from the South Pacific

51 would be male, 49 would be female

82 would be non-white; 18 white

67 would be non-Christian; 33 would be Christian

80 would live in substandard housing

67 would be unable to read

50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation

33 would lack access to a safe water supply

39 would lack access to improved sanitation

24 would not have electricity (and of the 76 that do have electricity, most would only use it for light at night)

7 people would have access to the internet

1 would have a college education

1 would have HIV

2 would be near birth; 1 near death

5 would control 32% of the entire wealth; all 5 would be US citizens

33 would be receiving and attempting to live on only 3% of the income of "the village"