Children in Poverty

If you are seeing this, chances are you were not born into poverty.

Good for you.

But every second child born on this earth is not so lucky

Nearly half (one billion) of the world’s children are born into poverty

Poverty is the most devastating thing that can happen to childhood

Imagine having to struggle for every meal

Imagine being denied basic education

Imagine being driven to the streets to fend for yourself

Imagine having to work to feed yourself

Imagine being driven to drugs and crime for the sake of money and a sense of happiness

Imagine being abused physically, mentally, spiritually

Imagine having no childhood

And as a result, imagine having no chance at a decent adulthood

Take a moment and Imagine being born into poverty

Poverty steals childhood and a child’s basic rights

Poverty kills the mind, spirit and soul of a child even before they are actually alive

Poverty is not a choice

We just got lucky. Incredibly lucky.

Thanks to carf for the pics. (Children At Risk Foundation – CARF (www.carfweb.net)

Thank YOU for taking the time to imagine. Really.

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