- Over 30,000 children die each day. [ref.] This death toll is equivalent to the World Trade Center attacks occurring over 11 times a day, or the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurring every 5 days. You might ask why this is such a big deal, people die every day. When hearing “30,000 children die each day” you must remember the rarity of children dying of natural causes. Realistically, if a child dies it is from some kind of external threat. Lets do something to alleviate the external threats such as poverty surrounding the world’s children. - 21% of the world is living on less than $1 a day. [ref.] There is no reason why the worlds wealth should be so unevenly distributed. Many of these nations living on such meager money per day provide many of the products we enjoy in our comfortable lives. - 41% of the world lives in unsanitary conditions, putting them at a much higher risk of disease or infection. [ref.] Everyone has seen the picture on T.V. of the little starving child with the swollen belly. This belly is not due to starvation, it is caused by parasitic worms in their intestines. When in the intestines the parasites consume whatever food the starving child may be able to eat. The world is very knowledgeable on issues of sanitation and water purification, this must be something we translate to these nations in great need. - Over 370 Million of the world’s children will never make it to the 5th grade. [ref.] Many children have to leave school at an early age because their family needs them to work making it even harder for individuals to break the cycle of poverty due to their lack of education. - Nearly a Billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. [ref.] With the ease of communication in the world today there is no reason that any able person should not have the ability to read or write. Lets fight world poverty and greatly lower this number by the beginning of the 22nd century.

WHAT CAN I DO I’M JUST ONE PERSON? A percentage of proceeds from every “Remember the Poor” shirt sold goes to the efforts in ending the immense poverty in the world. Beyond buying a shirt: - Continue to educate yourself on the issues. Don't let your knowledge of world poverty stop here. Stay up to date on happenings in the world concerning world poverty by frequently checking our World News section and the links on poverty in our Links section. - Does poverty exist in your community? Find out why, what is life like for the poor in your area? - Get out there and help the impoverished in your community. - Volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter - Collect canned foods and donate them to a local group. - Make a bunch of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and hand them out to homeless people in your community. - Don’t just let your clothes get eaten by moths in your closet, donate the clothes you don’t wear to a clothing drive. Encourage the people in your house and community to do the same. You’ll be surprised how much we have to give even when we can’t give money. - Promote poverty issues - Raise awareness in your community or school by speaking out for the world's impoverished. There are so many ways that you can do this: Ask to speak to your school/class, group, church. Make them aware of the immense poverty in the world. If you need help getting started you can purchase “Remember The Poor” flyer cards in our webstore (now available) to get the conversation started. Hold a world poverty event via The Love Alliance. We all know that not everyone has the ability to give financially to an issue, but maybe you have the ability to give of your time towards world poverty. Get creative in putting together an event towards the relief in ending world poverty. For help in getting an event started email info@thelovealliance.net. - Some of the poorest of the worlds poor are producing products we use every day. These individuals are not being paid fair amounts for their product, which further perpetuates the issue of poverty in the world. Choose to buy FAIR TRADE products to encourage the major manufacturers to pay producers fairly for their product. - Demand change by writing and calling your local and national political representatives and telling them your concerns about poverty in the world. (click here to find your representatives)