Children do not deserve to grow up in poverty (poverty means – lack of food and nutrition, shelters, clothes, clean water, education and health care facilities). It is reported that a child born in a poor family may take around four to five generations to reach the average national level of income, and one in six children lives in extreme poverty (The world bank, 2020). About one billion children are multidimensionally poor (lack necessities as basic as nutrition or clean water) across the world (UNICEF, 2021). More than 75% of the world’s poor children live in Africa (World Population Review, 2021, Fenz and Hamel, 2019). About 663 million children live in poverty and 385 million children live in extreme poverty, forced to survive on less than $1.90 a day (Wikipedia, 2021).

Fenz and K. Hamel, More than half of the world’s poor are children, Brookings, 20 June 2019,

Over three-quarters of the world’s poor children live in Africa

Fenz and K. Hamel, More than half of the world’s poor are children, Brookings, 20 June 2019

World population below poverty line

Poorest Countries in Africa 2021, World Population Review, 2021,