A billion children in the developing world are
living without many basic human needs, according to a new study.
According to Unicef, about half the children in Middle Eastern,
African and other third world countries do not have things like
education or safe water.
It thinks the solution may be to set up an international fund for
children.
The United Nations wants to end extreme poverty by 2015, but the
report, called Child Poverty in the Developing World, makes this
look very unlikely.
Most accurate
Nearly 1.2 million children from 46 developing countries were
investigated in the report.
It found a third of children had no toilet facilities, and lived
in houses with five people per room.
It claims to be the largest and most accurate survey of children
ever done.
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