An unequal world
Development is about the basic human right to be
free from misery and suffering, from hunger, from illiteracy,
from disease, from poor housing and insecurity.
Get Global! is a superb resource for secondary school teachers
coordinated by ActionAid, Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid
and supported by the Department for International Development. It's
an easily downloadable pack that guides you through classroom
activities.
Statistics of inequality
- If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the
loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of
starvation... you are ahead of 500 million people in the
world.
- If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a
roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of
this world.
- If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change
in a dish someplace ... you are among the top 8% of the world's
wealthy.