Sometimes it's hard to keep up with the news. Especially outside of the US. So, in an effort to expand our international knowledge-base, here's a quick quiz.
1. What event recently happened in Pakistan and how many people were affected?
On Easter Sunday a suicide bomber detonated a bomb in a public park in Lahore. 69 people were killed and another 340 were wounded in the attack. A branch of the Taliban claimed credit.
A high percentage of the people killed or injured were children and mothers.
2. Are the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS branches of the Muslim faith?
No, they aren't.
While Taliban, Al-Qaeda and ISIS members may regularly claim affiliation with particular branches of the Muslim faith, they are not sanctioned. In fact, each of these three groups are political organizations that exploit religious prejudice as a reason to further their own agendas.
3. How many refugees are there currently, worldwide?
According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRA), there are close to 60 million refugees across the world. Half of them are children.
The UNRA reports that, globally, one in every 122 humans is either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum. If this population were a country, it would be the 24th largest in the world.
4. What are the top global crises currently?
According to World Vision the top global crises in 2015 were:
Syrian refugee crisis
Nepal earthquake
Iraq displacement
West Africa Ebola outbreak
South Sudan conflict
Somalia drought
Central America drought
Central African Republic violence
5. What global challenges should we be focusing on?
In 2004 Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg gave a TED Talk. That year he convened the Copenhagen Consensus which focused on which global challenges we should be addressing. He convened another Consensus four years later.
Back in 2004, Lomborg suggested that the top four challenges that would be most affected by financial help were: HIV, malnutrition, free trade and malaria.
Lomborg started off his TED talk mentioning that there is a difference between setting priorities and prioritizing solutions. His opinion was that we should be focusing on the later rather than the former.
It's interesting to watch his TED talk, given twelve years ago, and see how far we have come.
How can we help?
There are numerous reputable organizations that provide help internationally. Here are four of them:
Preemptive Love Coalition (helping children in the middle east)
World Vision International (faith-based, poverty-alleviation)
Doctors Without Borders (serving in war-torn and other emergency situations)
Charity Water (providing the gift of sustainable water supplies)
What do you think? I welcome you to leave your opinion!
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