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Friday, April 05, 2013

News from the West

Perhaps it is not new news.

An estimated 50 million Americans live in poverty that is one in every six Americans is living below the poverty line. Additionally, one in five American children is now living in the same unfortunate situation.


In neighbouring nation Mexico according to 2010 figures, 46.2 per cent of Mexico’s residents lived in poverty – a figure that rises to 53.8 per cent among children. That is more than 20 million children and adolescents in Mexico estimated to live in poverty, and five million of them in extreme poverty, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported.
The study also found that nearly 14 per cent of Mexican children under five years of age are stunted, meaning they are slowed in their development often as a result of malnutrition. The rate is higher in rural areas and reaches nearly 33 per cent among indigenous children.

“When children live in poverty it can have an irreversible impact on their development, and increases the probability of being passed on to future generations,” UNICEF said












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