Major Global crisis

 5 Global crisis cannot be ignored

1. Hunger: The threat of starvation now faces 45 million people in 43 nations around the globe.

2. Conflicts: There are now more active conflicts than at any time since 1945.

3. Climate Change: Extreme weather is becoming common as the world warms.

4. Child abuse: In the face of multiple types of disasters girls and boys face huge challenges that are deeply damaging to their dreams and hopes for a better life.

5. COVID-19: The spread of the Omicron variant has laid bare the inequalities in access to vaccines around the world.

Source: https://www.wvi.org/ 


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