1. Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit. ~Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti

2.  Born into poverty  Never received an education  Has no one that cares about them  Poor government policy  Lack of help  Ignorance

3.  21,000 children die every day  2.5 billion people lack access to sanitation  40,000,000 are living with HIV/AIDS  640,000 children without adequate shelter  400,000 children with no safe water  12.6% of America is in poverty

4.  121 million children out of school  1.6 billion live without electricity  80% of people live on $10.00  Water problems effect half of humanity  660,000,000 without sanitation live on $2 daily

5.  Donate to charities  Don’t waste food, water, electricity, etc.  Help raise awareness  Don’t be greedy

6.  KACAP KACAP  Harvesters Harvesters  UNICEF UNICEF  Salvation army Salvation army  Food network Food network

7.  I will help by raising awareness Around school.  I will volunteer at harvesters  I will donate to charities

9. Poverty is Everywhere. It won’t end Tomorrow, or even in a couple years. But you can help make a difference now. You can make small difference and Your kindness will spread to others. As a team we can defeat poverty

10. Pictures- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bernai-velarde/1509221955/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/thechachar/2307601352/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/kislapmata/2055158106/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/russelljohn/6072826450/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrehan00/4442983627/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aadnan613/5675731015/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookiesound/6072639024/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudiroels/4754854296/ Facts and information- http://www.globalissues.org/issue/2/causes-of-poverty http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL-8HPdBroc