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• 97 million people affected by natural disasters

• More than 1.3 billion people still lack access to electricity

• Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-borne illness, such as diarrhea

• 51.2 million people forcibly displaced by violence and conflict

• About 768 million people without access to safe water source

• About 800 women die every day from maternal causes

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Source: OCHA’s World Humanitarian Data and Trends 2014

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