Think of This Before You Buy !
Sometimes it is hard to imagine the disproportion of food consumption.
Often people just have got only a hazy notion of poverty and affluence. Generally it is regarded that the South part of our planete is poor and the North part is rich. If we have in mind f.e Africa we probably imagine starvation, drought, war ect. But this attitude will remain as a loose idea unless we take a tough comparison of diet/eating style in one week in diffrent part of the world. It will show how it is really Diffrent.
Diffrent in terms of food expenditure, in terms of avalability and cost , in terms of family size and diet of what is eaten within a week in diffrent countries.
I received the photos below from one of those email forwards ( thanks Ania!).
In this case seeing is believing and put this into perspective… ( from the highest to the lowest expenditure)
Germany : The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States : The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week $341.98
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Mexico: The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53
Ecuador : The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
And You?
Original comment: Don’t know about you, but right about now, I’m counting my blessings!