Many of us in the Western world are obsessed with wealth ? well, come-on, its true isn?t it!  Each time a rich list gets published, we gaze down enviously at those people listed, wishing that we were that rich too.

The Global Rich List website challenges your personal perception of your own wealth, causing two reactions - makes you feel good about your-self but bad for others.  By comparing your annual income against the rest of the world it will show you that we in the West ? yes, even you with your modest wage - are actually up there at the top when it comes to the global rich list. 

So, what is the point of the Global Rich List website?  It makes you understand that you are in a very privileged minority. And by making you feel rich might just make you want to give some of your riches to charities that are trying to make the poor and less-privileged people of the world.

Once you have discovered your new-found wealth Global Rich List encourage you to give a small amount of your riches to a charity that can help address the balance.  The charity that they are supporting is CARE International - a global humanitarian organisation working with over 45 million disadvantaged people in 70 of the world's poorest countries. Whether supporting primary health care, promoting sustainable agriculture or developing savings and loan schemes, its programmes promote positive and lasting change and reduce long-term dependency. CARE also provides emergency food and shelter to survivors of natural disasters, wars and conflicts.

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