The Facts about Child Poverty
around the World.
America:
Poverty is an important and emotional issue. Last year, the Census Bureau released its annual report on poverty in the United States declaring that there were nearly 35 million poor persons living in this country in 2002, a small increase from the preceding year.
About 15 million children -- one out of every four -- live below the official poverty line. 5.7 percent of U.S. households experience hunger. Some people in these households frequently skip meals or eat too little, sometimes going without food for a whole day. 17.3 million people, including 1.1 million children, live in these homes. In New York, an estimated 38.9% of the city's school children will graduate high school. 762,000 children in New York City live in poverty.181 babies in New York are born into poverty each day.10,000 children living in New York are homeless. Poverty affects all ages, but an astonishing 48% percent of its victims are children.
India:
Small, sick, listless children have long been India's scourge. In India child malnutrition rates are worse. Child labor is a massive problem in India. In India, one school can have 300 students and only two teachers. Nearly 400,000 children of primary age are not regularly attending school. Most of India’s residents live in abject poverty, lacking basic needs such as food and clean water. Despite economic gains in recent years, India still suffers from overpopulation, and a lack of females attending school and being able to gain an education.
Today, unfortunately, India has one of the highest numbers of children working for meager wages, just help their families to survive. When children work, they have much less time at home with their families, or to attend primary school and learn basic skills, such as the abilities to read, write, or solve math problems.
In India, there are children living in slums and on the streets, child labourers, and child construction workers. Over 50,000 children are abandoned in the country every year. 11 million children live on the streets and there are more than 44 million child labourers in India in all.
India does have about 200 million people who are classified by the government as middle class, yet India also has about 500 million people who do live quite under poverty line.
Africa:
More than 140 million children in sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty. About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. One in six African children dies before the age of five. Only 57% of African children are enrolled in school, and one in three of those do not complete school. 43% of children in Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water.
About 15 million children -- one out of every four -- live below the official poverty line. 5.7 percent of U.S. households experience hunger. Some people in these households frequently skip meals or eat too little, sometimes going without food for a whole day. 17.3 million people, including 1.1 million children, live in these homes. In New York, an estimated 38.9% of the city's school children will graduate high school. 762,000 children in New York City live in poverty.181 babies in New York are born into poverty each day.10,000 children living in New York are homeless. Poverty affects all ages, but an astonishing 48% percent of its victims are children.
India:
Small, sick, listless children have long been India's scourge. In India child malnutrition rates are worse. Child labor is a massive problem in India. In India, one school can have 300 students and only two teachers. Nearly 400,000 children of primary age are not regularly attending school. Most of India’s residents live in abject poverty, lacking basic needs such as food and clean water. Despite economic gains in recent years, India still suffers from overpopulation, and a lack of females attending school and being able to gain an education.
Today, unfortunately, India has one of the highest numbers of children working for meager wages, just help their families to survive. When children work, they have much less time at home with their families, or to attend primary school and learn basic skills, such as the abilities to read, write, or solve math problems.
In India, there are children living in slums and on the streets, child labourers, and child construction workers. Over 50,000 children are abandoned in the country every year. 11 million children live on the streets and there are more than 44 million child labourers in India in all.
India does have about 200 million people who are classified by the government as middle class, yet India also has about 500 million people who do live quite under poverty line.
Africa:
More than 140 million children in sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme poverty. About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. One in six African children dies before the age of five. Only 57% of African children are enrolled in school, and one in three of those do not complete school. 43% of children in Africa do not have safe, accessible drinking water.
But war, AIDS, famine have brought to Africa an entirely new concept, children with no family members, no blood relatives, no extended family members. No elders to care for them, they are lost and bereft in a cruel world, and no one seems to care.
"Every day 30,000 children die from a combination of disease- infested water and malnutrition," the report continued. "Water-borne diseases are claiming one child every three seconds. These diseases are the major killers of small children in Africa."
"Every day 30,000 children die from a combination of disease- infested water and malnutrition," the report continued. "Water-borne diseases are claiming one child every three seconds. These diseases are the major killers of small children in Africa."
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