Poverty

I recently read a few articles on poverty and i found out nuch more than i ever knew. Before reading, i used to think that poverty affects only a few people, maybe 20%, in the world. After reading these articles i found out it affects about half of the worlds population. I found out that nearly 3 billion people, almost half the world, live on less than 2.50 a day. I found out that nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.(read more) I learned that less than one percent of what the world spends on weapons, was needed to send every child in the world by 2000, yet it didn't happen. Things like these happen every day, people go withot food, an education, and/or clean water, and some of the richest people in the world do nothing about it.