Special feature from India
The Population Clock
Babies born
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"The 6
billionth baby has less than 1 chance in 10 of being born into relative prosperity. On the
other hand the child has 3 chances in 10 of being born into extreme poverty. Half the
world's poor are children."
(UNICEF report-The progress of Nations 1999)
The World population is growing at the rate of 78 million a year. Over 95% of growth is in the developing countries. The population may grow to 8.9 billion by 2050. In 62 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America 40% of the population is under the age of 15. More than 1/5th of the population that is over 1 billion is between the ages of 10 and 19.
We visited the
bylanes of our city where a lot of school going children live. We saw that there was a lot
of poverty - everyone had a lot of brothers and sisters and no one really had anything
good to wear or eat!!
We realized that if there were fewer children in these families, they would all have a
better life and lots more fun. Sounds simple, isn't it?
During our Group Discussions we realized that the earth is bursting with so many people on it. All over the world, people need to be made
aware that they should have smaller families. Our teacher read out something interesting
to us :
"Educated women are more likely to have fewer children; women with more years of
schooling are more likely to have the number of children they say they want"
( UNFPA 99)
Now we realize
why our own school encourages Adult Education and lays stress on Female Literacy . This
project has relly helped us to SEE some of the problems and to THINK of the SOLUTIONS.
Indeed we are all .............................................
Learning together and growing together.
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We,too, are the world
 Physically Challenged |
 Economically Deprived |
 Children at Risk |
OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
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"In our
interdependent world you can't afford to let people lose out in pursuit of a decent life.
Everyone must be a winner." Mr.Schwab - Founder,World Economic Forum. |
