1/6 of your one-day increase would save 42 million lives that are knocking on famine's door... $.43 x 42,000,000 x 365 days = $6.6 billion. [how much… - David Beasley

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1/6 of your one-day increase would save 42 million lives that are knocking on famine's door... $.43 x 42,000,000 x 365 days = $6.6 billion. [how much it would cost to provide one meal a day for one year to this population in need]

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About David Beasley

David Muldrow Beasley (born February 26, 1957) is an American politician and the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. Beasley, a member of the Republican Party, served one term as the 113th Governor of South Carolina from 1995 until 1999.

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Birth Name: David Muldrow Beasley
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It is as bad as you possibly can imagine. In fact, we’re now looking at the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth. Ninety-five percent of the people don’t have enough food, and now we’re looking at 23 million people marching toward starvation. Out of that, almost 9 million are knocking on famine’s door. The winter months are coming. We’re coming out of a drought. The next six months are going to be catastrophic. It is going to be hell on Earth.

We are now looking, literally, at 2021 being the worst humanitarian crisis year since the beginning of the United Nations. … We have to prioritize, as I say, the icebergs in front of the Titanic. We’ve really got to give priority to famine, destabilization and migration.

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