Children  Have  The  Right  To  Be Children

Some 21,000 children die every day around the world.
That is equivalent to:

•  1Child Dying Every 4 Seconds
• 14 Children Dying Every Minute
• A 2011 Libya Conflict-Scale Death Toll Every Day
• A 2010 Haiti Earthquake Occurring Every 10 Days
• A 2004 Asian Tsunami Occurring Every 11 Days
• An Iraq-Scale Death Toll Every 19–46 Days
• Just Under 7.6 Million Children Dying Every Year   
• Some 92 Million Children Dying Between 2000 And 2010

THE SILENT KILLERS ARE POVERTY, HUNGER, EASILY PREVENTABLE DISEASES AND ILLNESSES, AND OTHER RELATED CAUSES. DESPITE THE SCALE OF THIS DAILY/ONGOING CATASTROPHE, IT RARELY MANAGES TO ACHIEVE, MUCH LESS SUSTAIN, PRIME-TIME, HEADLINE COVERAGE.

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