Poverty

According to UNICEF, 25,000 children die each day due to poverty. The two regions for the bulk of the deficit are South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water. Some 1.8 million child deaths each year as a result of diarrhea. Millions of parents in developing countries must daily cope with the fact that their children may not survive the first critical years of life; the diseases that threaten their children’s lives are preventable