Children live in 'severe poverty'
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More than 40,000 Northern Ireland children are living in severe poverty, according to a new report.
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Today, even a world grown weary of shocking statistics and bad news will receive a number that jolts: half of all children in the world are deprived of the essentials for survival and are suffering a brutal childhood as a result.
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Â· Schools in disadvantaged areas progressing most Â· Too few pupils get good grades, say critics
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ZIMBABWEANS need to reflect on the plight of children who have been orphaned due to HIV and Aids, the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has said.
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Political leaders the world over are failing the most vulnerable of their people -- children, the UN child rights organization UNICEF said on Thursday.
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The gap in achievement between poor children and their peers widens at every stage of schooling, a report says.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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WAR, poverty and HIV/Aids are causing more than half of the worldâs children to suffer, effectively denying them a childhood, according to a report today.
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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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More than half of all schoolchildren have been in debt by the time they are 17, says a charity.
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Around 3.5 million children die every year because of lack of food or poor quality food, experts warn.
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The UN highlights the plight of children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, some of whose lives are at risk.
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Some 1.6 million children in Britain are homeless or living in 'unfit' housing, says homelessness charity Shelter.
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Two million Iraqi children are facing threats including poor nutrition, lack of education and violence, Unicef says.
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Children living in inner-city areas are not getting enough exercise, the British Heart Foundation says.
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LONDON, Dec 10 (IPS) - Poverty, conflict and HIV/AIDS are the biggest  threats to children's lives in developing countries, says a  new Unicef report.
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Kids these days have the world at their fingertips yet face financial disaster at every turn.