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Poverty and hunger are the world's greatest challenges

Via Deeshaa: by Atany Dey

• 1.2 billion people--one out of five--live on less than $1 a day.
• More than 800 million people are hungry, including 31 million in the United States.
• Every day, 24,000 people die from hunger and other preventable causes. One billion people do not have adequate shelter, and 2.4 billion people do not have access to proper sanitation.
• More than 1 billion people in developing countries lack access to safe water.
• Yet enough food is produced in the world to feed everyone.
• Overpopulation is not the main cause of hunger. In Japan, a densely populated country with 125 million people, hunger is rare compared to other countries. Many larger countries with fewer people, like Peru and Sudan, have much higher rates of hunger.
• The problem is inequality in access to education, resources, and power.