Thursday, December 4, 2008

Child Poverty


I have done some more research on poverty ancd found out even more. I learned that 26,500-30,000 children die each day due to poverty. I think that this is really sad because children should e healthy, happy, and well educated. This doesn't happen though because so many people are poor, that they end up drinking bacteria filled water and getting sick because that's the only water that they have and can afford. Also i learned that around 27-28 percent of all children in developing countries are estimated to be underweight. People don't have enough money for food and some end up eating out of the garbage which is really sad because while we are wasting food and water every day, and throwing out clothes that are out of style or small, millions of people are going without any of these things every day, and dying because of it. Here are some facts about child poverty:Number of children in the world
2.2 billion
Number in poverty
1 billion (every second child)
Shelter, safe water and health
For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:
640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)
400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)
270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7)
Children out of education worldwide
121 million

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