The pandemic has
pushed tens of millions of people into extreme poverty
around the world. On top of that, Putin's illegal
invasion of Ukraine has contributed to rising energy
prices and food costs due to disrupted grain imports.
And these things have dire consequences for the
world's poorest, most vulnerable people.
According
to Oxfam, as many as 250+ million people are at
risk of being pushed into extreme poverty, and 28
million more are likely to be malnourished. But loans
given to poor former colonies have made it almost
impossible for national governments to adequately
address the crisis. By canceling debt
repayments for this year and next, the World Bank could
help countries prevent extreme poverty and hunger. Sign the
petition!
The UN
defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 per
day. Most of us are privileged enough to not even have a
concept of what that looks like – but it is
bleak. Possibly easier to visualize is the
effects of malnutrition, since all of us know what
hunger feels like – although chronic hunger, which
affects hundreds of millions of people, is a different
beast. Approximately 3
million
children die every
year from malnutrition. This is
completely unacceptable and preventable. Sign the petition now to
demand that the World Bank cancel debt repayments for
this year and
next!
