Disabilities

1 in 10 people worldwide are disabled.

United Nations

120 million people live with hearing disabilities, 50 percent of which could have been avoided.

Rotary International

In the last 10 years, polio eradication initiatives have protected 3 million children from disability.

Rotary International

Landmines cause 150 casualties each week.

Rotary International

8 million children are born each year with serious birth defects.

March of Dimes

70 percent of birth defects occurring worldwide could be prevented or repaired.

March of Dimes

Almost 40 percent of working-age people with disabilities live in poverty.

World Institute on Disabilities