IPS Reports On Child Poverty In Lesotho

IPS Reports On Child Poverty In Lesotho

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

"The triple threat of HIV, poverty and food insecurity is increasingly exposing children to abuse, exploitation and other human rights violations" in Lesotho,�Inter Press Service reports in an article examining child poverty in the small southern African country. "In the country of 1.8 million, a good 500,000 out of 825,000 boys and girls live under 1.25 dollars a day and without proper shelter, according to United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Almost 40 percent of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition and are stunted. Both under-five and infant mortality have persistently gone up in the past decade," IPS writes, adding, "To make matters worse, Lesotho is one of the three countries in the world worst affected by HIV/AIDS. Every fourth Basotho is infected with the virus, leaving a quarter of children orphaned" (Palitza, 11/23).

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