• 246 million children are living in countries or areas affected by armed conflicts.
• 50% of refugees around the world are children.
• 17,000 children die every day from preventable cause or disease.
• Every 10 minutes an adolescent girl dies as a result of violence
• Nearly half the deaths of children under 5 are caused by malnutrition
• 58 million children between the age of 6 and 11 lack access to education
• 68 million adolescents are also out of school.
• Every minute a child dies of a water-related diseases.
• Hunger kills more people each year than aids, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
• Nearly 50% of people living in extreme poverty are 18 years old or younger
• One in every three girls is marries before reaching age 18. One in nine is marries under the age of 15.
• There are an estimated 250,000 child soldiers in the world today