Issues Affecting Children
Exploited, physically and sexually abused, thousands of girls and boys are abducted each year and sold as "cheap labor" to
sweat shops, rich farmers, or as commercial sex workers
Losing a parent is terrible for any child, but children living in developing countries who lose parents to AIDS face
unthinkable hardships
Over 10 million children in the developing world die each year before reaching the age of five. Many of these children
die from preventable diseases
Millions of children are made homeless, lose loved ones, receive injuries, witness or experience violence, and suffer
scarring psychological trauma every year
