Ethiopia is an extremely poor country, with almost 95 percent of the population earning less than $2 per day. The infant mortality rate is extremely high—there are an estimated 104 deaths per 1,000 births, usually due to treatable illnesses. The main cause of death for children is malnutrition.
Over 30 years of war has taken its toll on Sri Lanka. Although the civil war ended in 2009, children are still dealing with the repercussions. The war negatively affected the finances of many families, so nearly a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line.
The economy of South Korea is one of the top twenty strongest in the world and one of the most powerful in Asia, with only about 2 percent of the population affected by absolute poverty.
Even though the economy in the Philippines is growing, 36.8 percent of the population still lives in poverty, with 47.5 percent living on less than $2 per day. At least four out of ten Filipino children live in poverty, which has pushed many children to work to fend for their families.
Because corruption is a grim reality in Russia, non-government organizations who help children must follow a certain level of political correctness. Therefore, the actual situation of children can’t always be reported accurately, which also makes it difficult to improve their lives.