Child Poverty - The Facts

• A child will die in the next 2 seconds because of hunger. Can you believe it?
  

• Every year 15 million children die of hunger.

• 6 million children under the age of 5 die every year as a result of hunger.
  

• More than 153 million of the world's malnourished people are children under the age of 5.
  

• Malnutrition can severely affect a child's intellectual development. malnourished children often have stunted growth and score significantly lower on math and language achievement tests than do well-nourished children.