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In reading the following podcast I learned that there are over 600 million children worldwide living in poverty and it is estimated that one in every 4 households have an income that is at or below the poverty guidelines internationally.

In the report is states that every year over 10 million children under five years of age die from preventable diseases-the majority in developing countries.
Poverty denies opportunities to people of all ages. Lost opportunities in childhood cannot always be regained later. Poverty experienced by children, even over short periods, can affect the rest of their lives. Malnutrition in early childhood, for example, can lead to life-long learning difficulties and poor health.
While there is reported to be an overall decrease in rural poverty, urban poverty is rapidly increasing; Since the 1990s, unlike the situation in previous decades, the urban poor includes large numbers of people who have the capacity and are willing to work;

There is a marked geographic imbalance in urban poverty within China, with western and inland areas most severely affected;
There is a growing wealth gap in China’s cities, with urban poverty a serious concern even in the more prosperous cities; Urban poverty is emerging as not only an economic concern but also a social problem. Poor and vulnerable people are subject to the ‘trap’ of urbanisation, in which they lack social protection and have little or no access to opportunities for greater economic and social security.

Urban poverty in China has emerged in the last two decades largely as a result of specific elements of the economic reform process. In particular, state enterprise restructuring, the dismantling of the pre-reform (employment-based) welfare system and the increase in migration ,have contributed to the growing poverty in China’s urban areas, and also describe the particular features of urban poverty.

The information about poverty that I have read so far this 3 weeks, is that
I only saw poverty in the United States as a problem on a regular basis because I see it every day with the families I come in contact with, but in reading the information from the CHIP report it brings a new awareness to me of how so many people are striving to live, not only In the United States but in other countries, and there are so many who are in desperate need of just the basic necessities of life.