The staggering reality of global poverty:
- 25,000 children under the age of 5 die each day due to poverty-related causes.
- Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all sickness and disease, and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Nearly 900 million people do not have access to clean water.
- Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
- Seventy percent of those living on less than $1 per day are women.
- Each year, more than 8 million people around the world die because they are too poor to stay alive.
- One third of deaths...are due to poverty-related causes
However, with the power of only one person, YOU can make a difference. Did you know, through a donation to One Day’s Wages, a ONE-time gift of $100 can provide either 5 people clean water for 20 years, buy 10 people a mosquito bed net to protect against malaria, enroll 2 children in school for a year, or provide a woman a sewing machine and job training?
Perhaps with this ever changing and volatile economy, you and your family simply cannot afford even $10, let alone the $100. That’s okay, too. There is still the power of only one through actions.
Use the Power of Only One to:
- Become ONE follower of this blog and pass along its message to at least ONE person.
- Write ONE letter to your U.S. Senator or House Representative expressing your desire for global change and an end to world poverty.
- Donate ONE hour of ONE day at a local shelter.
- Donate ONE dollar at the check-out at the grocery store for the local food bank.
Always remember, "A waterfall starts but with one drop, and look what becomes of that."
--The Power of One
--The Power of One
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