Lesson 9: RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT

A. THE STATE OF THE WORLD

1. World population = 5.75 billion (1995)

a. Africa = 10% (575 million)

b. Asia = 61% (3.5 billion)

c. Europe = 9% (518 million)

d. Mid. East = 6% (345 million)

e. N. America = 5% (287 million)

f. L. America = 8% (400 million)

2. Income: Half world's population lives on less than $300 per year.

3. Oppression: In many countries, 3% of pop. controls 80% of the land.

4. Consumption worldwide: Twenty percent of the world=s population consumes 80% of the world=s natural resources.

5. Water supply: Eighty percent of the world's disease comes from contaminated water. Thirty percent earth's rural peoples do not have access to clean water.

6. Child mortality: Each year 13 million children under the age of 5 die, 5 million from dehydration caused by diarrhea, and the rest from preventable infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses. In Afghanistan, 40% of the children die before their 5th birthday.

7. Street children: Approximately 145-200 million worldwide live on the streets; 4.5 million in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo alone.

8. Malnutrition: The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of 2400 calories per day proper nourishment. In India 10% of the population receive no more than 1500 calories per day; another 20% get only 1300 calories per day.

9. Doctors per capita

a. America = 1:410.

b. Kenya = 1:7400

c. Ghana = 1:22,000

d. Ethiopia = 1:36,000

e. Mozambique = 1:143,000

10. Faith in the world:

a. Muslims = 20%

b. Eastern = 30%

c. Tribal = 15%

d. atheists = 10%

e. Christian = 25%

11. Missionaries/full-time church workers: about 600:1.7 million (1:3000)

B. HOW DO WE RESPOND? COMPARING PRINCIPLES