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• more than 50 countries

• over 1,000 languages spoken

• some 800 million people

• 35 million hungry children

• 3.5 million refugees

• 12.5 million internally displaced

• 28 million people living with HIV/AIDS

• 70% of the world’s HIV/AIDS orphans

• 10 million children traumatized by war — thousands forced to survive as child soldiers, domestic workers, and sex slaves

• 50 million children, mostly girls, denied a basic education

• 70% of the food is grown by women