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HUNGER
800 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CHRONIC HUNGER (state of the world 97 w.watch inst)
2 BILLION UNDERNOURISHED (eco growth+inequity94)
24,000 PEOPLE STARVE TO DEATH EVERY DAY (the hunger project.99)

POVERTY
20% WORLD LIVE ON LESS THAN $1 A DAY (world bank95)
1.5 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN LIFE THREATENING POVERTY, thats more than 1 in 5 people (plan aust inter96)
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ANTI-PEACE
WORLD MILITARY = $800 BILLION A YEAR (state of w. 97)
AUSTRALIA = $10 BILLION A YEAR (defence budget95/96)
54 WARS ON IN 1996 (inter peace research inst oslo norway)
90% WAR VICTIMS ARE CIVILIANS (caa horizons summ97)
1990-96, FOUR MILLION CIVILIANS WERE KILLED IN WARS
( true cost of conflict, saferworld.london96)
THE WORLD HAS ABOUT 200 STATES AND 5,000 CULTURAL COMMUNITIES(aboriginal soveighty, h. reynolds96)
MASS STARVATION WAS USED AS A WAR WEAPON IN 30 COUNTRIES IN 1996 (world disasters report96)

LAND MINES DI
THERE ARE 115 MILLION LANDMINES IN THE GROUND, 2.5 MILLION NEW MINES ARE LAID EACH YEAR (the silent shout,unicef99)
LANDMINES COST ABOUT $3 EACH TO MANUFATURE AND UP TO $1000 EACH TO CLEAR (the silent shout,unicef99)
MEDICAL CARE FOR EACH PERSON INJURED BY A MINE COSTS $3,500 - $5,000 (the silent shout,unicef99)

WORLD 4 KIDS
1/4 MILLION CHILDREN GO BLIND EACH YEAR caused by a lack of vitamin A, green vegies (unicef94)
EACH YEAR ANOTHER 2 MILLION GIRLS ENTER THE SEX TRADE (aged 5 to 15) (state of the worlds pop97)
70% UKRAINAN CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS (mama-96+new internationalist oct96)

WAR ON CHILDREN
IN THE PAST DECADE 2 MILLION+ CHILDREN HAVE BEEN KILLED IN WARS, AND ANOTHER 6 MILLION SERIOUSLY INJURED / DISABLED (unicef.99)

CHILD SOLDIERS
200,000 CHILD SOLDIERS IN 1988 (unicef93)
DURING THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR, CHILD SOLDIERS WERE SENT OUT AHEAD IN WAVES OVER MINE FIELDS
(state of the w. children96)

CHILDREN WORKING
250 MILLION CHILD WORKERS ( i.l.o.97)
500,000 CHILDREN WORK IN PAKISTANıS CARPET FACTORIES (N.I.july 95)
1/4 OF THE CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH WORK, including 6 yr olds breaking bricks (unicef94)

CHILDREN HUNGRY
30% AFRICAN CHILDREN ARE MALNOURISHED (progress of nations96.unicef)
60% Sth EAST ASIAN CHILDREN MALNOURISHED (unicef96)
66% BANGLADESH CHILDREN MALNOURISHED
(state of the w.children94unicef,aged under 5)
40% INDIAN+PAKISTAN CHILDREN MALNOURISHED
(world bank96,aged under5)
30% OF BRAZILIAN CHILDREN ARE MALNOURISHED
(state of the world93)

RED NOSE DAY
220 AUSTRALIAN COT DEATHS IN 1995 (s.i.d.r.f.96)
30% OF AUST GIRLS (aged14-17) REGULARLY MAKE THEMSELF VOMIT AFTER MEALS (dolly aug96)

POPULATION EXPLOSION
AUSTRALIAS 18 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE TWICE THE IMPACT ON THE WORLDıS RESOURCES AS AFRICAıS 640 MILLION (world vision action news autumn95)

SHUT UP
80% OF THE WORLDS RESOURCES ARE CONSUMED IN THE FIRST WORLD 80% OF PEOPLE LIVE IN THE 3rd WORLD(3rd.w.network)

AND SHOP
AVE AUSSIE WOMAN SHOPS FOR 5HRS AND 27 MIN A WEEK (abs95)
AUSTRALIANS SPEND 4x MORE TIME AT SHOPPING CENTRES THAN AMERICANS (the age23.9.96)

FOOD
THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH FOOD IN THE WORLD TO FEED EVERYBODY (UNhuman deve report94)
37% OF THE WORLDS GRAIN IS FEED TO LIVESTOCK
(vital signs96. world watch inst)
MELBOURNE THROWS OUT 280,000 TON OF FOOD WASTE EACH YEAR (waste man council96)
AMERICANS WASTE 10-15% OF THEIR FOOD, ENOUGH TO FEED ALL OF CANADA ( j-june96 cons gazette)

CASH
AUSTRALIA IS THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
(per capita) (world bank est.95 includes nat resources)
AVE AUSTRALIAN EARNS $689 A WEEK (a.b.s. 95)
1.3 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE ON LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR A DAY (world bank95)

TOP 20% BOTTOM 20%
RICHEST 1/5 WORLDS POPULATION RECEIVES 83% OF TOTAL WORLD INCOME, POOREST 1/5 RECIEVE,1.5% (hunger95.bread 4 the world inst)

FAT
AUSTRALIA IS THE FATTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
(aust soc 4 the study of obesity)(goodw.end4.4.96)
40%+ OF VICTORIANS ARE OVERWEIGHT (vichealth95)
IN ONE YEAR AUSTRALIANS BOUGHT 83,600,000 TIM TAMS (aust grocery industry96)
AVE AUSSIE OPENS THE FRIDGE DOOR 22 TIMES A DAY
(cleo magazine.march96)

TELEVISION
AVE AUSSIE WATCHES 22 HOURS TV A WEEK (aba 94)
AVE AMERICAN CHILD WITNESSES 8000 MURDERS ON T.V.BEFOR LEAVING PRIMARY SCHOOL (age 4.7.96)

LADIES MOVEMENT
TWO BARBIE DOLLS ARE SOLD WORLD WIDE EVERY SECOND (kerry packers herald-sun11.7.96)
BBC SPENT us$25,000 ON IVANA TRUMPıS HAIR AND MAKE UP 4 ONE T.V. APPEARANCE (esquire mag jan96)

CHILD BIRTH
WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA FACE A 1 in 20 RISK OF DYING IN CHILDBIRTH, FIRST WORLD WOMEN FACE A 1 in 3,600 RISK (who91)+(sotwc94unicef)

 

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