The world hunger problem: Facts, figures and statistics
In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty"
Every year 15 million children die of hunger
For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years
Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will die from illness and starvation. Those 100 million deaths could be prevented for the price of ten Stealth bombers, or what the world spends on its military in two days!
The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation. Over 4 million will die this year.
One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including 160 million children under the age of 5. United Nations Food and Agriculture
The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world. Hunger in Global Economy
Nearly one in four people, 1.3 billion - a majority of humanity - live on less than $1 per day, while the world's 358 billionaires have assets exceeding the combined annual incomes of countries with 45 percent of the world's people. UNICEF
3 billion people in the world today struggle to survive on US$2/day.
In 1994 the Urban Institute in Washington DC estimated that one out of 6 elderly people in the U.S. has an inadequate diet.
In the U.S. hunger and race are related. In 1991 46% of African-American children were chronically hungry, and 40% of Latino children were chronically hungry compared to 16% of white children.
The infant mortality rate is closely linked to inadequate nutrition among pregnant women. The U.S. ranks 23rd among industrial nations in infant mortality. African-American infants die at nearly twice the rate of white infants.
One out of every eight children under the age of twelve in the U.S. goes to bed hungry every night.
Half of all children under five years of age in South Asia and one third of those in sub-Saharan Africa are malnourished.
In 1997 alone, the lives of at least 300,000 young children were saved by vitamin A supplementation programmes in developing countries.
Malnutrition is implicated in more than half of all child deaths worldwide - a proportion unmatched by any infectious disease since the Black Death
About 183 million children weigh less than they should for their age
To satisfy the world's sanitation and food requirements would cost only US$13 billion- what the people of the United States and the European Union spend on perfume each year.
The assets of the world's three richest men are more than the combined GNP of all the least developed countries on the planet.
Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger
It is estimated that some 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, about 100 times as many as those who actually die from it each year.
Masjid Nurul Ehsan, Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya Selatan, whose committees denied a visit by the PM, just got a new surprised - the Sultan of Selangor is coming to their masjid!
This screenshot I took from CNET explains a lot. Two latest news are about cyber giant, Google Inc.
Android is an operating system for smart phones (and tablet PCs), alongside more familiar names such as IPhone IOS, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry OS. Late starter Android, as of today, is enjoying a large chunk of smart phone market share, at a staggering 33%... one and a half of it's next competitor, the ever popular iPhone at 22%. Though iPhone set to get larger market share with its release of their new iPhone 4, Android is also set to do the same with various new phones coming in, especially from Motorolla and HTC, leaving Windows and BlackBerry smaller and smaller portion.
Wave is an online software application product from Google, which Google described as "a new web application for real-time communication and collaboration". Barely celebrating its first birthday, Wave is deemed as a failure.
Such are two different stories of success and failure. Yes, even big guys like Google will fail at some point, but they know when they fail, and they surely know how to capitalize on their success
My Abah (father) had been diagnosed with intestinal cyst after suffering for more than half a year. He is now waiting for a date for operation. The cyst is in later stage, and my Abah isn't young and strong anymore, so the condition is quite worrying.
Everyone, please, if you have several seconds of free moments, please pray for his health and well being.
thank you...
-L-
He's the first man I know
From many years ago
He's the first man I remember
The man who is my father
He is my first teacher
Taught me to read, write and calculate
He is my first coach
Taught me to swing my bat and racket
I still remember he was strong and sturdy
Full at hands, never even a bit lazy
And his wisdom, forever inspire me
He's my hero, my idol, the man I always wanted to be
He didn't sleep if to make his children comfy
He didn't eat if to avoid his children hungry
He showed me life beyond wealth and money
A life where we are all a family
Living moderate life, shy of luxury
Yet we all agree, we're more than just happy
Now he's fighting in hospital bed...
I just wanna fall and break...
Tears didn't come out, they're flooding my head...
Oh my GOD, save my father, what YOU made, only YOU can unmake...
A beautiful and touching poem penned by Zainal 'Abidin 'Ali bin Hussain bin 'Ali bin Abi Talib.
The stranger is not the stranger to Yemen or Syria
But the stranger is the stranger to the grave and the coffin
Verily the stranger has rights for his absence
Over the residents of the dwellings & homelands.
Don’t chase away the outlander in his state of unfamiliarity
For time is also chasing him with hardship & distress
My travels are far and my provisions will not suffice me
My strength has weakened and death is calling unto me.
I still have sins which I know not of
Allah knows of them; those made in secret & in manifest
How merciful has Allah been to me by giving me respite
And I have increased in sins but Allah has always shielded me
The hours of my days pass by without regret
No crying, no fear, no sadness
I am the one who closes the doors with fatigue
On disobedience, & The Eye of Allah watches over me…
O that which was written in a moment of heedlessness
O the sorrow which remains in my heart is burning me.
Leave me to bewail myself and weep
And pass the time in sadness and remembrance.
Leave off your Blaming of me O you who do so…
If you were but to know my situation you would have excused me…
Let me cry out tears that have no ending to them
For there will be no lesson that will set me free
It is As though I am with that family, laying…
Upon the mattress with their hands turning me over.
And they came to me with a doctor that he may cure me…
But of today I think not that medicine will benefit me..
My sufferings increased and death began to pull at me…
From every vein, without ease or comfort…
My soul was then removed from me with a gurgle…
And my saliva became bitter at that point…
They then shut my eyes and left me…
After a long moment of despair… they hurried to the purchase of the shroud
And he who was dearest to me got up in a hurry…
To summon the person who was to wash me…
He said: O my people we have attained a washer who is skillful,
Clever, bright & intelligent…
So then one of the men came and removed my clothing…
He undressed me and uncovered my body…
They then placed me on top of a board
And the sound of water above me, [the water that] began to clean me
He poured the water on top of me and washed me…
Three times, before calling out to the people for the shroud…
They shrouded me in a sleeveless garment…
And my provisions became the balm in which they embalmed me
They bore me towards my journey out of this world, oh how sorrowful!
Will be this journey for which I have no provisions to take along with me?
Upon their shoulders, they carried me, Four…
Men, and behind me are those who come to bid me farewell
They set me before the mihrab then turned away from me
Behind the Imam they went and he prayed on me then bade me farewell
They prayed over me a prayer consisting of neither rukoo’ nor sujood
Asking that Allah may have Mercy upon me.
They lowered me into my grave slowly
And one of them came forward to place me in the lahd
He raised the garment from my face to gaze upon me
And the tears spilled from his eyes awashing me
Then he stood, honoring me, firm and resolute
And lined the bricks on my body then left me
And he said “Throw the dirt upon him and reap
The great rewards from Ar-Rahmaan, the Most Gracious”
In the darkness of the grave, no mother is there nor
Is there an affectionate father, or a brother to comfort me
Alone… The only inhabitant of the grave, oh how sorrowful!
Am I on parting the world bearing no deeds to provision me?
And a sight which beheld my eye struck terror into me.
From a place of terror it came and startled me…
Munkar and Nakeer, what shall I say to them?
The thought of them strikes terror into me, it causes me fear
And they made me to sit and put forth their questions
I have none other than You now, O Lord, to deliver me!
So bestow upon me from Your Mercy, O Lord, how I hope in You!!
For verily I am fettered in my sins, I am confined by them
The relatives have divided my wealth amongst them after leaving me.
And my sins are now upon my back, burdening me
My wife has taken another husband in my place
And she has appointed him as overseer over my wealth and my home
She has made my children into servants to bid unto her needs
And my wealth has become to them a worthless means of enjoyment
So let not this World and its adornments deceive you.
And look at its [evil] effects in your family and homeland
And look at the one who collects the wealth of this Dunya in abundance
Will he depart from this world bearing other than the death shroud and balm?
Take from the dunya that which suffices you and be contented with that
Even if you were to have naught but good health
O you who sows good, you will reap the fruit of your efforts.
O you who sows evil you will find yourselves overcome with grief
O soul of mine, abstain from sinning and attain instead
Deeds which are beautiful, for which Allah may be merciful towards me
O soul of mine, Woe upon you! Turn towards your lord in Repentance, and do that which is good
So that you will be recompensed after your death with that which is delightful
Lastly sending prayers upon the Chosen one, Our Sayyid (leader)
All praise is unto Allah, May he fill our days and nights with that which is Good, with forgiveness
Es discutible resumir el estado de opinión en todo un país con una sola encuesta, pero a veces sus resultados pueden ser muy reveladores. Un sondeo deja claro qué opinan los israelíes sobre el ataque a la flotilla de Gaza. El uso de la fuerza no les parece exagerado e incluso hay un porcentaje muy importante que opina que los militares se quedaron cortos. Dicho de forma coloquial: ¿nueve muertos?, pocos me parecen.
Un 46% cree que la respuesta fue la adecuada. Un 39% hubiera deseado una respuesta más violenta. En total, un 85% descarta por completo cualquier opción que hubiera previsto una operación más pacífica para obtener el mismo resultado.
Y sobre la reacción de EEUU, no crean que están contentos. Un 71% está muy o bastante insatisfecho con la respuesta de Obama. Supongo que esperaban una felicitación y un aumento de la ayuda militar para compensar por las balas gastadas.
Hay una forma de ver esto antes de manifestar una opinión. Con el tipo de información/propaganda que los israelíes reciben de su Gobierno y sus medios de comunicación, el resultado no es tan sorprendente.
Translation:
June 10, 2010
Not one step back
It is questionable to summarize the state of opinion in the whole country with a single survey, but sometimes the results can be very revealing. A survey makes it clear what the Israelis say the attack on Gaza's fleet.The use of force seems exaggerated and even a large percentage believed that the military came up short.In slang: nine dead?, Few seem to me.
46% believe that the answer was correct.39% would have liked a more violent response.In total, 85% completely rule out any option that would have provided a more peaceful operation to achieve the same result.
And on the U.S. reaction, do not think they are happy.71% were very or fairly dissatisfied with the response from Obama.I guess I expected a greeting and an increase in military aid to compensate for spent bullets.
There is a way to see this before expressing an opinion.With the kind of information / propaganda that Israelis receive from their government and their media, the result is not so surprising.
