Caritas and CIDSE members from all over the world call for more and better aid

Credits: Caritas

Facts on World Poverty:

  • One billion people live on less than US$1 a day. 
  • Every 3.6 seconds somebody dies of hunger. 
  • 33 million people are living with HIV.
  • 11 million children under five die annually, six million of them from preventable causes. 
  • 114 million children get no basic education. 
  • 584 million women are illiterate.

World leaders made the historic promise to end poverty by 2015 when they agreed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are an eight-point road map with measurable targets and clear deadlines for improving the lives of the world’s poorest people. World leaders have agreed to achieve the MDGs by 2015.

It is up to us to make sure leaders follow through on these commitments. Caritas Internationalis is urging its members and their supporters to take action in support of the MDGs.

Join our campaign and put an end to poverty.

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