I chose to look more on the UNICEF website about poverty (https://www.unicef.org/social-policy), this website is a great resource and gives us a lot of information about poverty. UNICEF helps support children with cash transfer programs, reaches 7 million children in humanitarian settings, routinely measures poverty and reports it, and supports local governments' plans and budget for public services.
Three insights that I gained from this website and come directly from the website are:
1. On average, poor children worldwide die before their fifth birthday at twice the rate of their better-off peers
2. Nearly two-thirds of children worldwide are not protected from the lifelong consequences of poverty.
Around the world, nearly one in three children, roughly 663 million live in poverty.
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the post. This information concerning the ratio of children losing their lives as a result of economic misfortune is heartbreaking. Although a product of North American poverty, by comparison I was fortunate.
Enjoyed reading and responding.
Travis Alumbaugh