CHRISTIAN ETHICS:

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CHRISTIAN ETHICS

• RICH AND POOR
• (Developing World)

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Facts about Poverty

• In the year 2000 the number of people in the
  world is estimated at 6.2 billion
• 14 million children die each year before they
  reach the age of five
• Nearly 1.5 billion people lack access to health
  care
• 2.3 billion people lack access to sanitation
• Over 100 million people were affected by famine
  in 1990
• More than one quarter of the worlds people do
  not get enough food and nearly one billion go
  hungry

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Significant Statements about Poverty

• Everyone has the right to a standard of living
  adequate for the health and well-being of
  oneself, including food, clothing, housing,
  medical care and education.
• Article 25, UN Declaration of Human Rights

• Some places are so poor that progress seems
  impossible. But poor though the folk may be they
  still remain our fellow men and women
• This is Progress. Pope Paul VI

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North South The Great Divide

• NORTH
• Quarter of the worlds people
• Four-fifths of the worlds income
• People living on average to over 70
• Most people have enough to eat
• Most people educated at least to secondary school
  level

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North South The Great Divide

• SOUTH
• Three-quarters of the worlds people
• One-fifth of the worlds income
• People living on average to 50
• One-fifth or more suffering from hunger
• Half people have little chance of any formal
  education

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The Causes of Poverty

• Environmental degradation
• Natural disasters
• Trading inequalities
• Population growth
• Arms spending War
• Debt Greed of the north
• Lack of appropriate aid
• Inequality within poor countries
• Role of women
• Lack of resources, health education AIDS
• Colonial legacy