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The Forgotten International - Who We Serve
The Forgotten
"Forgotten people" can be found all across the world. They are typically women and children who have very little and live at the edge of life and death. They are people who may never themselves escape poverty, but with some help may give their children a future free from the harsh circumstances they have always known.
Most often they live in countries without safety nets and are surrounded by others who have accepted the notion that an entire class of people can be treated as societal waste. As a result, they become invisible and are often left to die.
The women, children and families living on the margins of society are the very people TFI serves. See How You Can Help to get involved or donate today!
Poverty Facts around the World
For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:
- 640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3);
- 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5);
- 270 million with no access to health services (1 in 7);
- 180 million work in the worst forms of child labor;
- 140 million have never attended school, and
- 2 million, mostly girls, trafficked and exploited in the sex industry.
850 million people go hungry every day.
29,158 children under the age of five die each day from mostly preventable causes.
3,900 children die each day because of lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation.
536,000 women die each year from complications due to pregnancy and childbirth.
(Information obtained from UNICEF, 2007)