..:: Real Life Stories ::..

Searching for information of child poverty through Internet we found some really sad stories of children who are facing the problem of child poverty. We couldn't be immune to the stories because they are very tragical, so we decided to put some stories on this web site because we think that only real life stories can express the problem best, and what's the most important is that they can reach to human's heart making it deeply sad of the fate of this children and putting in their heart a little effort and wish to change this situation. We hope that our site will be read by governments and they will put effort to eradicate this problem. So that, every child in the planet could realize its dream!

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	Ali's Story Ali is one of the more than 40,000 working children between 7 and 18 years old who live in Jordan. Worldwide, an estimated 246 million children are engaged in child labor. read more >>
	Himal's Story Himal is one of eight children in a family struggling to make ends meet. To supplement the meagre earnings produced by the family's small corn harvest, Himal's father spends half of the year away from home, working as a porter. read more >>
	Ishen's Story Although Ishen has a roof over her head and is able to go to school, she is one of the 3.6 million British children living in poverty. To her, poverty means seeing her mother struggle to make ends meet, being unable to go on school trips and feeling excluded by her peers because she is not wearing fashionable clothes and has no money to spend on outings. more >>
	Keabetswe's Story Keabetswe lives mostly on the streets and is able to attend school only sporadically. But he knows that the streets are no place for a little boy more >>
	Leeda's Story Since her mother left, Leeda has been in charge of the household. Every day she cooks, cleans and takes care of her brothers. A phone number to contact her mother in case of emergency is carved on one of the house's wooden beams. more >>
	Martha's Story When things quieted down, the village was occupied by rebels and the situation was tense. Martha's father saw a steep decline in his business and was forced to move to a town deemed safe from rebel attack. There, he was able to rebuild his business and to send money and clothes to his daughter. more >>
	Nodira's Story Nodira, which means 'unique' in Uzbek, is one of five children in a poor family. Every morning, after reciting her prayers, Nodira feeds the hens and goats from her wheelchair. The rest of her day is spent knitting for other people and helping her mother with the household chores. more >>
	Yuleini's Story Yuleini's mother gave birth to the girl when she was herself a 16-year-old teenager. She never registered Yuleini's birth and left her with her own mother, Yuleini's grandmother, in Colombia while she looked for work in Caracas. more >>

Organizations: UNICEF

UNICEF is the organization for protecting the rights of the children which works all over the world. Its actions helped to reduce some of the children's exploitation but there is still a huge number of children living in poverty.

Poverty: What is poverty?

Description of poverty, how is poverty described, how is poverty measured, responding to poverty and more information you can find in this section.