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Imagine going to school hungry, then going to bed hungry.

More than 300 million children will go to bed hungry tonight. Only 8 percent are victims of famine or other emergency situations. More than 90 percent are suffering long-term malnourishment.

And every day 30,000 children die from hunger and easily preventable diseases. 30,000. That could easily be more children than are in your entire school district at home every day.

Watch our slideshow about the daily lives of people in poverty

Imagine living in a house the size of a small garage ...

A house you share with your entire family, with no insulation, a leaky roof and dirt floor—no privacy—even when you use the bathroom.

Imagine risking your life in crowded, unsafe transportation to travel to school, or spending hours carrying water – every day.

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