Children In Poverty
Hopelessness for Slum Children
Slums are hell on earth for children. It is a life in and out of garbage dumps, no place to sleep except in ditches or makeshift shanties, high mortality rates, absentee parents, no adult supervision, small children taking care of toddler siblings, gang wars, epidemic outbreaks, missing infrastructure, violence, and the law of "survival of the fittest.” These little ones have no chance in life really. It is depressing to even think about. They are often nothing more than cheap labor ...
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Top 5 Slums in the World
The 7th billionth person on planet Earth was born about one month ago. A staggering number to think about, but have you considered that very new human being may have been born in a slum somewhere in the world. Currently, it is estimated that there are over 200,000 slum communities, shanty towns and “informal settlements” are exploding in the world. Within the next twenty years about one third of all city dwellers will live in slums and grow in size to ...
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Facts About Poverty
Key Facts About Poverty
Nutrition
Clean Water
Sanitation facilities
Access to basic healthcare
Adequate shelter
Education & information
More than 1 billion children are severely deprived of at least the essential services and goods to SURVIVE, GROW and DEVELOP
9.2 million children die each year
3.3. million babies are born still born
WHY?
The poorest of families are unable to obtain basic healthcare for their children. Most of the countries with weakened healthcare systems are in:
Major armed conflict
Cannot provide effective child survival strategies crucial to child development and neonatal deaths
The Solutions
Death can be ...
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Hidden Choices Helps Children In Poverty
It is astonishing that 1 in 5 American children live in poverty. Poverty reduction is a major goal and issue for thousands of international organizations such as Hidden Choices. Extreme poverty is a global challenge and can be found in the lowest of classes in developing economies. In 2008, the World Bank estimated that:
In 2008, an estimated 1.29 billion people were living in absolute poverty
400 million people in India
173 million people in China
Traveling, living and working abroad for over 30 years has given Rivers Teske, the ...
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How We Help Children
Over 10 million children are at risk or vulnerable today in America.
Hidden Choices is devoted to the welfare of the child. What does that really mean? The welfare. Not hand outs, but a helping hand to receive critical assistance and support most enjoy as the human family. We are the compass to lift up and care for those less fortunate and vulnerable. Our goal as a helping hand is to rebuild the foundation for viable and productive citizens for our future ...
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Children In Poverty
Astonishing that 1 in 5 US children live in poverty. Poverty reduction is a major goal and issue for thousands of international organizations such as Hidden Choices. Extreme poverty is a global challenge and in all parts of the world. It can be found including the developed economies. Poverty is In 2008, the World Bank estimated that 1.29 billion people were living in absolute poverty. Of these, about 400 million people in absolute poverty live in India. It is estimated that ...
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