Why Should I Help Asia, Underprivileged Kids, and GFA World?

In order to understand why Asia, underprivileged kids, and GFA World need help, one must understand the devastating effects of poverty. There are almost 3 billion people in the world that don’t have access to toilets and about 1 billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water. The poorest 20% of the world’s children are twice as likely as the richest 20% to be stunted by poor nutrition and die before their fifth birthday. Almost 3 million newborns around the world die within their first month of life. Over 160 million children globally do not attend primary school.[1]

These statistics are overwhelming, but they don’t have to stay that way. Countries in Asia are making strides in the right direction—in one country the infant mortality rate has halved, and two million fewer children are out of school—but there is still a long way to go. Malnutrition is still prevalent; In 2020, more than half of all children under 5 affected by stunting lived in Asia.[2] Education outcomes are still not great either since only 42.5% of children in grade 3 can read a grade 1 level text.[3] Clearly, there is still a lot of work to do, and GFA World is one of the organizations that is taking on that challenge. Vance is one example of someone who was helped in crucial fashion.