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Children in Poverty
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If you are seeing this, chances are you were not born into poverty.
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Good for you.
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But every second child born on this earth is not so lucky
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Nearly half (one billion) of the world’s children are born into poverty
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Poverty is the most devastating thing that can happen to childhood
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Imagine having to struggle for every meal
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Imagine being denied basic education
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Imagine being driven to the streets to fend for yourself
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Imagine having to work to feed yourself
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Imagine being driven to drugs and crime for the sake of money and a sense of happiness
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Imagine being abused physically, mentally, spiritually
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Imagine having no childhood
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And as a result, imagine having no chance at a decent adulthood
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Take a moment and Imagine being born into poverty
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Poverty steals childhood and a child’s basic rights
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Poverty kills the mind, spirit and soul of a child even before they are actually alive
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Poverty is not a choice
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We just got lucky. Incredibly lucky.
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Thanks to carf for the pics. (Children At Risk Foundation – CARF (www.carfweb.net)
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Thank YOU for taking the time to imagine. Really.
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