More than 30 per cent of children in developing countries – about 600 million – live on less than US $1 a day.

Every 3.6 seconds one person dies of starvation. Usually it is a child under the age of 5.

A child dies every three seconds from extreme poverty, often before their fifth birthday.

1 in 3 children in developing countries lives without adequate shelter.1 in 5 has no access to safe water.1 in 7 has no access to health services.

Poverty affects everything!

Here is just one example of how: Children living in poverty often become sick because they do not have access to clean water. When they are sick, they cannot go to school, which is a violation of their right to an education. Without an education list goes on.

More than 800 million people go to bed hungry every day, 300 million are children.Of these 300 million children, only eight percent are victims of famine or other emergency situations. More than 90 percent are suffering long-term malnourishment and micronutrient deficiency.