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The population of the United States	300 Million	The number of people in Africa surviving on less than$1 per day
The price of a roundtrip ticket from Washington, D.C. to Chicago (www.smartertravel.com, 1/2/07)	$98	The amount of money needed to provide a child in Kurland, South Africa with a school uniform, books and a backpack to last them one year.
The amount of interest that can be earned from a $2,000 CD after just 9 months	$75	The projected amount of money each American would have to donate per year until 2015 to ELIMINATE POVERTY www.unmilleniumproject.org/involved/action07
The amount of money one American spends on coffee in just seven months. (3 cups per week at around $1.64 per cup)	$140	The approximate cost of ARV drugs per person per year in India. (ARV’s are the drugs used to slow and reverse the progression of HIV/AIDS)
The amount of money I am asking you to donate	$1	The amount of money ONE BILLION people around the world are depending on to survive for ONE DAY.

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