The world hunger problem:

The world hunger problem:     In the Asian, African and Latin American countries, well over 500 million people are living in what the World Bank has called "absolute poverty"     Every year 15 million children die of hunger     For the price of one missile, a school full of hungry children could eat lunch every day for 5 years     Throughout the 1990's more than 100 million children will...

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Child Labour Today:

During The Industrial Revolution First Came To Britain And The U.S., There Was A High Demand For Labor. Families Quickly Migrated From The Rural Farm Areas To The Newly Industrialized Cities To Find Work. Once They Got There, Things Did Not Look As Bright As They Did. To Survive In Even The Lowest Level Of Poverty, Families Had To Have Every Able Member Of The Family Go To Work. This Led To The High Rise In Child Labor In Factories. Children Were Not Treated Well, Overworked, And Underpaid For A Long Time Before Anyone Tried To Change Things For...

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Child labor is one of the worst forms of exploitation.

 Children Have The Right To Be Children Child labor is one of the worst forms of exploitation. Child workers are deprived of schooling, forced to work in dangerous situations, beaten and sexually abused, and crippled by work-related illnesses and injuries. Children are sold or indentured to employers who pay impoverished families for the use of their children. An ensuing cycle of poverty pushes adults from their jobs and drives down wages worldwide. For more than 200 million children, today is a workday, not a school day. Children as...

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Facts About Children and Poverty

Children Have The Right To Be  ChildrenChildhood Should Be A Happy Time Spent Playing With Friends, Enjoying A Favorite Toy — Even Planning For The First Day Of School. But Children In The Developing World Spend Most Of Their Childhood Struggling To Survive, Without Much Hope For A Secure, Productive Life. About 25,000 People Die Every Day Of Hunger Or Hunger-Related Causes, According To The United Nations. This Is One Person Every Three And...

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WHERE WE ARE ........??????

The Richest 20 Percent Of Humanity Consumes 86 Percent Of All Goods And Services, While The Poorest Fifth Consumes Just 1.3 Percent. Only 17% Of The World's Population Lives In Industrialized Countries   2030, The World's Urban Population Is Expected To Reach 4.9 Billion, While The Rural Population Is Expected To Decrease By 28 Million....

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Where WE  Are ....????? Around the world, in rich or poor nations, poverty has always been present.In most nations today, inequality—the gap between the rich and the poor—is quite high and often widening.The causes are numerous, including a lack of individual responsibility, bad government policy, exploitation by people and businesses with power and influence, or some combination of these and other factors.Many feel that high levels of inequality...

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 Children  Have  The  Right  To  Be Children Some More Numbers On The State Of The World’s Children From UNICEF, the world’s premier children’s organization, part of the United Nations:     2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation     1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development     148 million under 5s in...

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