Africa

POVERTY

Text Box: Most people who live in Africa live in poverty this is where they have hardly any water of food to live. If they do have any water they tend to get it from there nearest river. The children are mainly the people that go and get this water. They have at least a mile walk if they go and get some. This process is very consuming. Whilst the children are getting the water the adults are working as hard as they can to get enough money to provide a meal for there family.
Deprivations of poverty
The report offers an analysis of seven basic "deprivations" that children feel and that powerfully influence their futures. UNICEF concludes that more than half the children in the developing world are severely deprived of one or more of the necessities essential to childhood:
640 million children do not have adequate shelter
500 million children have no access to sanitation
400 million children do not have access to safe water
300 million children lack access to information
270 million children have no access to health care services
140 million children have never been to school
90 million children are severely food-deprive
The State of the World's Children also makes clear that poverty is not exclusive to developing countries. In 11 of 15strialized nations, the proportion of children living in low-income households during the last decade has risen.

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