Why We Believe in Fair Trade! If you could imagine the entire world population shrunk down to a village of just 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining the same, what would we have? There would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Americas 8 Africans 52 would be female 48 would be male 70 would be non-Christan 30 would Christian 89 would be heterosexual 11 would be homosexual 6 of the people would possess 59% of the village's wealth, and all six would be from the United States 80 would be living in sub-standard housing 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth 1 (yes, only 1) would have a college education 1 would own a computer So, if you have food in the kitchen, clothes on your back, shelter and somewhere to sleep you are richer than 75% of the world's population. If you have money in the bank and some spare change, you are in the top 8% of the world's wealthiest people. And if you can read this, then you are luckier than the 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all. Makes you think, doesn't it?