Take a good look at the food that is eaten in one week and how much is spend…
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
United States: The Revis Family of North Carolina
Food for one week $341.98
Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
If the family in Germany didn’t eat for ONE week, the family in Chad could eat for 6 years….
Wow this makes me feel just a little bit convicted about my selfishness. I don’t think most americans realize just how much money they spend on food each week. And if you look closely the majority of it is all junk! Especially compared to Italy and Chad. I think things like this are hard to comprehend until you see something like this and then it’s all put into perspective. Thats so crazy!
That is amazing, it really puts it in perspective.
yeah….this makes me feel really bad. Because most humans complain if they don’t get to eat their food at the normal time, or they wanted more, or whatever, and then there’s the family in other countries, that are perfectly happy eating almost nothing, and work really hard just to get enough to feed their families, let alone have as much food as we do.
its kinda weird because in the US i dont think we realize we have this much, and in Africa they have so little. That really does put it into perspective.