Interesting+Facts

More than 20 million Colombians are in poverty. 3 out of 4 in the field and 2 out of 4 in the city.

According to the report in Colombia there are 2.3 million fewer poor people, since, according to them, poverty declined from 57.0 in 2002 to 49.2 in 2005, through 50.7 in 2002 and 52.7 in 2004, ie between 2002 and 2005 poverty declined 7.2 points.

In cali the big problem is there is lack of opportunities for un- educated people to have a job, now even people who assited to college are looking for jobs which has become a big deal.. A very serious problem is the displacement, there are many people in the streets begging for money and looking how they can support their families. Most of them are displaced and they dont have any jobs!!!!  Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.

The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of the 41 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (567 million people) is less than the wealth of the world’s 7 richest people combined.

Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.

Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.

1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day). 