pov·er·ty [pov-er-tee]
noun
1. The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.
Synonyms: Privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury.
Antonyms: Riches, wealth, plenty.
noun
1. The state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor.
Synonyms: Privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury.
Antonyms: Riches, wealth, plenty.
1 billion children live in poverty (1 in 2 children in the world). 640 million live without adequate shelter, 400 million have no access to safe water, 270 million have no access to health services. 10.6 million died in 2003 before they reached the age of 5 (or roughly 29,000 children per day).
Homeless children in the US grew from
1.2 million in 2007 to 1.6 million in 2010.
Around 21,000 children die every day around the world.
That is equivalent to:
1.2 million in 2007 to 1.6 million in 2010.
Around 21,000 children die every day around the world.
That is equivalent to:
- 1 child 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