1. The Global Village

2. If we could reduce the world population to a small village of 100 people, keeping the current proportions, we would obtain something like this:

3. There would be: 57 asians 21 europeans 14 people from The Americas ( north and south) and 8 africans

4. 52 women 48 men With various characteristics Religion: 33 christians 20 Muslims 13 Hindus 6 Buddhists 3 Atheists 25 Other Sexuality: 98 heterosexuals 2 homosexuals

5. 6 people would have 59% of the village wealth. 3 from North America 2 From Europe 1 From Japan. Out of 100 people, 80 would live in relative poverty and 13 would live in absolute poverty.

6. 27 could not read. 13 would suffer from Hunger (including malnutrition). 1 would be about to die. 2 children would be about to be born (with a 25% chance each of being aborted). Only 1 (yes, only 1) would have a university degree.

7. In this village there would be only 5 people with a PC. Analysing the world from this point of view, the need of acceptance, understanding and education is immediate and imperative.

8. Now think... If you woke up this morning more healthy than ill, you are luckier than millions of people that will not survive this week.

9. If you have never experienced the war, the loneliness of jail, the agony of torture or starvation, you are better off than 500 millions people.

10. If you can go to your church with no fear of humiliation, jail, being tortured or killed... Then you are luckier than 3 billions people in the world.

11. If you have food in your fridge, clothes in your wardrobe, a roof on your head and somewhere to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world population.

12. If you have money in a bank, in your wallet and some coins in your moneybox... You are one of 8% richest people in the world.

13. If your parents are still alive and together... You are a very rare person.

14. If you have just read this email, you are lucky because: someone was thinking of you and you are better off than about 1 billion people in the world that cannot even read.

15. What goes …. comes back Send this email to your friends. Help someone else to understand the world. The only thing that can happen is that, thanks to you, someone will see how lucky he/she is.

16. The Original Presentation was done by an anonymous writer. This version has been slightly modified by volunteers at www.Solport.com with more recent and/or more accurate information, but the intent remains the same. Count your many blessings and help make the world a better place.