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| If you
think the Third World is nothing but starving children, drought, and civil
war, and has nothing to do with you in Manitoba, think again! You've
been helping to make a world of difference, and didn't even know it! The Third World or developing world is an integral part of our planet. It is a place where people, regardless of their location, income, or gender live, work, build, plant and try to make a life for themselves and their children. And things are getting better. Over the past 3 decades, life expectancy has risen from 46 to 62 years, and the infant mortality rate (deaths of children under the age of 5) has been cut in half. Three-quarters of the people in the developing world have access to health services and 70% have access to safe drinking water. The people of the developing world are shaping their own lives and those of their families. But they are not doing it alone. Thousands of Manitobans provide voluntary support for international development. Manitobans volunteer their time and skills, give money and sometimes even go overseas themselves to help people help themselves. |
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