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| Malawian children waiting for lunch the Salima AIDS Support Organization |
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- "One billion, out of the 2.2 billion children in the world, live in poverty
- More than one billion people live on less than US$1 per day.
- More than 270 million children suffer from long-term malnourishment and micronutrient deficiency.
- Every year 6 million children die from malnutrition before their fifth birthday
- In 1960, Africa was a net exporter of food; today the continent imports one-third of its grain.
- More than 2.6 billion or 40% of the world's population lack basic sanitation.
- More than 1 billion use unsafe drinking water.
- Four out of every ten people in the world don't have access even to a simple latrine.
- More than 50% of Africans suffer from water-related diseases such as cholera and infant diarrhea.
- Five million people, mostly children, die each year from water-borne diseases.
- Globally, an estimated 100 million children are living or working on the street
- 246 million children between the ages of 5 and 17 are engaged in child labour; 171 million children are working in hazardous situations
- 9 million children are working in the worst forms of child labour, such as armed conflict, prostitution and forced labour
- 300,000 children are forced to work as child soldiers, spies, informants or other roles
- 1.8 million children work in child prostitution or pornography
- 5.7 million children work in forced or bonded labour, so that they are under complete control of their employer"
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