Are people around the world aware of the level of poverty reached in third world countries?

I don't believe people across the world understand just how bad poverty is in different areas of the world at the moment. I believe one contributing factor to why people are unaware is because it is actually physically impossible to completely understand the extent of poverty in which people are living, without seeing it with your own eyes. How can you appreciate what a family is going through, with no food, no water, and no safety without being there and feeling the atmosphere in which people are living. The media pick up poverty stories from time to time, when there are urgent calls for help - but this occasional coverage does not enable the average person to fully appreciate and understand what this extreme poverty is. Seeing people on a screen, enables a person to detach themselves from the situation - and thus they never fully understand what it would actually be like to be there themselves. How can you? The media is a linked second contributing factor as it does not portray third world poverty constantly. This is an ongoing issue that could be reported every day, as the situation is just as bad every day if not getting worse - but with more topical news stories to fight against, and an audience that wants to hear something different each day, the media cannot keep up awareness of third world poverty daily.