One-third of the world’s population are children, and over half live in poverty
20% of the world’s children live in India, 80% of those live in poverty, and 50% are homeless.
More children today live in poverty than ten years ago, and more children find themselves in a more violent and unstable environment than ever before.
Most of the world’s orphans live in India, although Africa has the highest number of orphans per capita due to AIDS.
Giving by the world’s wealthiest households is down by 35% and the world’s wealthiest countries have failed to meet their target of giving .07% of GNP to the world’s poorest countries for the last decade.
200,000 child slaves are sold every year in Africa. There are an estimated 8,000 girl-slaves in West Africa alone.
About 120,000 African children are participating in armed conflicts. Some are as young as 7 years old.
Children account for half of all civilian casualties in wars in Africa.
