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Realities of Hunger

• Chronic hunger plagues 1 billion of our fellow human beings

• 18 million people die every year of hunger-related diseases -- that's 2000 persons every hour, with the vast majority being children

• 500,000 children go blind each year because they do not have adequate vitamin A in their diet.

• 350 million children are not in school because they must work to supplement family income.

• 250 million children live on the street

• 1 billion people do not have water safe for drinking

• 50% of the people who die of malnutrition or hunger-related diseases die from drinking contaminated water.