KYRGYSTAN-At independence, Kyrgyzstan was one of the poorest ex-Soviet republics with an estimated 32.9 per cent of the population living below the Soviet 'poverty line'.However as of 2001 13% live below the poverty line.In 2001 an estimated 7 per cent of children were malnourished, and approximately 14 per cent of the population had no access to health services.Some diseases of poverty, such as tuberculosis have re-emerged and particularly affect teenagers. These declining levels of child welfare are related to both to pressures on families who may not be able to afford the costs of education or health care, and due to a massive decline in the resources available for these key services. Because of the growing poverty in Kyrgystan children have been forced to work on farms, agricultural labour, domestic jobs, there have even been reports of child prostitution and trafficking.
INDIA- There is an estimated 1.03 billion citizens in 2001living in India. With 260.2 million people living in poverty as of 1999-2000, India is home to the majority of poor people in South Asia, and deprivation is endemic, especially in rural areas. Important achievements have been made in health and education. Infant mortality fell from 80 per 1000 live births in 1990 to 69 in 2000. The enrolment of primary school-aged children rose from 68 percent in 1992/1993 to 82 percent at the end of the decade.But India still accounts for 20 per cent of the world's out-of-school children. It has the largest numbers of working children in the world, with nearly a third of children below 16 years working. As you can see there are many strives, improvements, accomplishments that have been made in the country of India.
Hi Tinka, Thanks for the stats report! Looking at these numbers make you wonder, how did poverty get so out of hand. For China, there are at least 15 million out of 1 billion that are in poverty. I really don't understand why intervention was precedent when 10k was in poverty. It should never be where millions are in these type of conditions. And not that it's not too late to reverse the epidemic, but seriously why wasn't there a demand to decrease prior to now? And to learn how other countries are just as bad or worse is disturbing. I really feel it will take the entire world to solve this.
ReplyDeleteWow Tinka, reading this information all I could do is shake my head. I am so surprise about China, I would not have figured they have so many children living in poverty or hardships. It really goes to show, noone really knows what others go through. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTinka- I am glad you shared this information, no matter how much research I have been doing on my own, I am still amazed at the new things that I read about regarding poverty. It is hard to believe what children go through in these other countries; it makes me thank God for what I have. I read about a little girl who was married at the age of 10 and I know this happens but I just was shocked all the same.
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ReplyDeleteI also read about India. I was shocked to learn that girls marry as early as age 10. It was sad to learn that some children have to leave school in order to help support their families.
I went to the training and the speaker there was totally against buying things from China because she stated that the children were being used in sweat shops to create things for here. I hope that these are not the children and families truly I hope that it is not occuring but I am sure that it is.
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