According to U.N. estimates, the world population was 2.5 billion in 1945. It is 5.5 billion today. It is estimated to reach 10.5 billion by the year 2050, unless immediate action is taken. In Brazil alone, the number of street kids is estimated to have doubled since 1985. Serious illness and death caused by malnutrition and disease are common among these children.
Violence is a way of life.
He tells of two cops talking about a recent report of children being murdered in Rio. Around his neck was a crudely written sign saying he'd been killed because he didn't go to school. Humane people the world over want to find a solution to the problem. Playing my part in finding such a solution was the inspiration that led me to found the Population Planning Trust in 1986. The trust focuses on the problem, uncontrolled births, rather than responding to the symptoms such as crime, disease, malnutrition, and the proliferation of unwanted and abandoned children.