600 million children live in absolute poverty Over 12 million children in Africa have been orphaned because of droughts, disasters and diseases including AIDS Nearly 30,000 children die every day, most from hunger or preventable diseases Ongoing violence in Sudan has devastated villages, leaving 400 000 dead and 2.5 million homeless and living in temporary camps where food is scarce and conditions are harsh The lives of 1.7 million children will be needlessly lost this year because world governments have failed to More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day. More than 30 million children in the world are not immunized against treatable or preventable diseases 134 million children between the ages of 7 to 18 have never been to school. In the last decade, more than 2 million children have died as a direct result of armed conflict More than 300,000 child soldiers are exploited in armed conflicts in over 30 countries around the world 2 million children are believed to be exploited through the commercial sex trade . .r{}
