These seven squash represent the entire world population.
1 Squash is 1 billion people
and this one here is the richest billion, the highest income.
So this one down here has the lowest income
the poorest 1 billion people in the world.
The first electrical device that people want to have,
the most important is a light bulb.
Today in the world there are actually 6 billion, out of 7,
that have access to electricity and have light at home.
But 1 billion people live without electricity.
They live in extreme poverty.
So what does it mean?
It means dark evenings.
Children have difficulties, I would even say, it’s impossible to do the homework.
And imagine, if a child gets sick in the night and vomit.
There’s no light to switch on to avoid that the other children step in the vomit.
Lack of electricity spreads disease in the family.
This is why access to electricity is crucial to end extreme poverty.
