CHILD POVERTY

BY:Raju Paudel.

DEDICATION

Dedicated to those who lost their life

on shapvelle massacare

(16th june 1976) and

those who have been fighting for the better condition of children

then ,now and forever..........

Introduction.

• Phenomenon of children living in poverty i.e standard of living

• It is the condition when child wants to eat but mother has nothing to feed

Defination

Child.

The legal definition of children in most

countries is 'people under the age of eighteen',

while biologically the transition from childhood

to adulthood is said to occur with the onset of

puberty.

Defination Contd........

POVERTY•

Poverty is general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material

possessions or money

So child poverty is a condition in which child can’t live in the standard conditions.

Prevalence

640; 0.38

400; 0.24

270; 0.16

140; 0.08

220; 0.13

Of the 1.9 billion children in developing nations

No adequate shelterNowaterNo health serviceNo immunization

Of the estimated 2.2 billion children worldwide, about a billion live in poverty

Prevalence (contd...)

05

10152025303540

Child development index

Child development index

CAUSES

1. family where no one works In 2011, nearly two thirds of poor children were living in

families where noone was in work2. Lone Parents

22

78

lone parentspoor childrennon poor children

15

85

Two Parent Family

PoorNon poor

CAUSE CONTD....

3. Large families

24%

25%

36%

Family Size

1 child family2 children familylarge family

FAMILIES AFFECTED BY DISABILITY

MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS

Cause (contd...)

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* INDIA

Cause (contd...)

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Cause (contd...)

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* UGANDA

Cause (contd...)

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE* SOUTH AMERICA

Cause (contd...)

EFFECTSCHILD POVERTY

On Children

On Parents

On Society

EFFECTS contd...

On Child:* Poor children are two times more likely than nonpoor children to have stunted growth * for every year a child spends in poverty, there is the chance that the child will fall behind grade level by age 18* poor children will be less educated and less effective workers.

EFFECTS contd...

On Parents•poverty adds extensive stress to the family.

•physical punishment are quick.

•financial strain, depression and anxiety, marital discord and disrupted parenting due to their circumstances

EFFECTS contd...

On Community•when child is poor today 2 children are poor tomorrow.

• social problems like vandalism an d disturbance of social harmoney

Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral

“We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer ‘tomorrow.’ His name is today.”

CONCLUSION* When a child is poor two more children are poor.* Future means children* Lets INSPIRE, ACT and CHANGE the condition of children “TOGETEHER WE CAN END CHILD POVERTY”

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Bibliography.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/• http://www.gnrc.net/• http://www.unicef.org/• http://www.youtube.com/

• GNRC Fourth Forum Secretariate, Dar-Es-Saalam, Tanzania