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| Children International / How we help children / About the children we serve |
| ABOUT THE CHILDREN WE SERVE |
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The Children of Poverty
Poverty is a place where there is a scarcity of hope, and an excess of fear.
Affordable, healthy food is in short supply, while parasites and
disease thrive.
Opportunities are rare, and dangers and negative influences lurk around every corner.
With parents struggling to make ends meet on a few dollars a day, it is all too common for impoverished children to go to bed hungry.
Their bare, calloused feet, dirt-caked faces and tattered clothes tell their story of struggle.
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For many, education is considered a luxury. Lacking such things as school supplies or uniforms can keep a poor child from attending school.
Oftentimes, medical and dental care is unavailable or difficult to access, let alone afford. Simple, preventive ailments like diarrhea can be deadly when you are a poor child.
The children we serve are as diverse as the people who sponsor them. They are from rural India, urban Manila, the streets of Cartagena, Colombia, and the United States. |
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They live in Asia, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
What binds them together is their universal fight to rise above their desperate circumstances and to live with dignity.
To learn more about the children we help, select an option on the left.
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