According to the United Nations, more than half the people in developing countries lack basic sanitation, a third do not have access to clean water, a quarter lack adequate housing, and a fifth do not have access to modern health services. Most people in developed lands would not even let their pets live in conditions like that.
पण केवळ या संख्यांवरून जगातल्या गरीब लोकांना ज्या दारिद्र्‌यात राहावे लागते व त्यामुळे ज्या भयानक परिणामांना त्यांना तोंड द्यावे लागते त्याचा मुळीच अंदाज येत नाही.