Child poverty
A UNICEF study reveals that 33 million children in Bangladesh - about half the Bangladeshi children - are living in poverty while about one in four is deprived of at least four basic needs among the following: food, education, health, information, shelter, water and sanitation. 64 per cent of the children in Bangladesh are deprived of sanitation, 52 per cent of information, 57 per cent of nutrition, 41 per cent of shelter, 16 per cent of health, and 8 per cent are deprived of education. One key determinant of child poverty is the level of the mother's education: the higher the mother's level of education, the lower the chance for the child to be affected by deprivation.
The government and the authorities concerned should take effective steps to save these children from the curse of poverty and deprivation.
Tanha Kashfia Kate, Uttara Model Town, Dhaka
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