• More than 1.02 billion people are hungry, right now.

• Tens of millions face starvation due to failed harvests in Niger and Chad.

• "People are eating wild fruit and leaves, and building ant hills just to capture the tiny amount of grain that the ants collect inside," said Oxfam officer Charles Bambara.

• The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed, and one-third is starving. Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation.

• From UNICEF:

- 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation
- 1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development
- 148 million under the age of 5 in developing regions are underweight for their age
- 101 million children are not attending primary school, with more girls than boys missing out
- 22 million infants are not protected from diseases by routine immunization
- 8.8 million children worldwide died before their 5th birthday in 2008
- 4 million newborns worldwide are dying in the first month of life
- 2 million children under 15 are living with HIV
- 500,000 women die each year from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth

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