By: Kirstin Wilkes

Poverty

MANY PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR DUE TO POVERTY

1 IN 5 AMERICAN CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY

ABOUT 25,000 PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY DUE TO POVERTY RELATED CAUSES

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DID YOU KNOW?

17 PEOPLE DIE EVERY MINUTE DUE TO

POVERTY/HUNGER RELATED CAUSES

PEOPLE IN POVERTY USUALY LIVE ON LESS THAN $2 A DAY

Many families live in poverty

• Some families do not make enough money to support their large families

FAMILIES STRUGGLE TO EAT 3 MEALS A DAY

Family with many children living in poverty

This family can barely survive with this many children

SEVERE POVERTY CLAIMS MANY PEOPLES LIVES

People that are hungry live in severe poverty

THERE ARE 3 MILLION PEOPLE HOMELESS LIVING IN POVERTY

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LESS PEOPLE WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY DRIVE TO EXTINCTION.

THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF THIS WERE YOU. IF YOU HAD TO LIVE IN POVERTY BARELY SURVIVING.

BUT YOU CAN HELP!!!!

YOU CAN JOIN LOCAL GROUPS YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND DONATE MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU CAN SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES

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