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This essay is aimed at expressing the links between Religion and
Wealth & Poverty. It will focus on the need for world development and
the teachings of two religions, Christianity and Islam, on this topic.
I also intend to describe the work and funding of one of the most
charitable charities that correspond with Christianity – Christian
Aid.
Poverty is an increasing problem in the world today. 20% of the
Earth’s population share 80% of the world’s resources and income,
leaving 80% of the Earths population to scavenge after the other 20%.
The G8 countries, a committee that includes the heads of the UK, the
USA, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Russia, are fighting to
save Earth from the plague of poverty, but in fact are the main
countries in the lucky 20% of the world. The amount of poverty on
Earth is appalling and shocking figures, like those below, make us
realize how lucky we are to live with luxuries like TVs, Computers and
even Food.
The access to clean water in the UK is 100% and 45% in the Dominion
Republic of Congo. While the entire UK has access to clean water, more
than half of the Dominion Republic of Congo does not. This can result
in communities collapsing from disease and thirst.
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The average annual income in the developed world is $27,854; in Africa
it is $1,690. The average African, therefore, earns approximately only
6% of what the average person in the developed world does.
There are no people living in the G8 countries on less than $1 a day
as opposed to the 291 million in Africa, which is one third of all
Africans.
The life expectancy is 29 years longer in the UK than in Africa. This
is the equivalent of people in Africa living until they are 6, and
people in the G8 countries living until they are 35.
The chance of death in pregnancy in the UK is 1 in 4,085 but in Africa
it is 1 in 13. Therefore, for every death in pregnancy in the UK,
there are approximately 314 deaths in pregnancy in Africa
The number of African children under five who die each year is
4,500,000. That is roughly 12,320 children every day.
Per 1,000 there are only 6 under 5 deaths in the G8 countries and 174
in Africa. This can also be seen as 29 under 5 deaths for every one in
the G8 countries.
20 million people die every year in Less Developed Countries in
Africa, Asia and South America.
That means that every day 50,000 people die due to poverty and
malnutrition.
As you read those statistics, around 135 people have died because of
poverty.
Astonishing and traumatizing figures like those are released every
year in the media, but are we really doing anything real to help
defeat poverty in the world? What do developed countries, like the