Facts About Children In India

Facts About Children In India

»  One out of 16 children dies before celebrating the first birthday, and one out of 11 dies before attaining the      age of 5; »   44% of children, under the age of 5, are malnourished; »  50% of newly HIV-infected children are in the age group 15-24 years; »  19 out of every 100 children continue to be dropout of school; »  70 out of every 100 children enrolled in school drop out by the time they reach the secondary level; » Of every 100 children who drop out of school, 66 of them are girls; » One in 4 adolescent girls in the age group 15-19 years is married; » India has the highest number of child labourers in the world; »  Children under 14 constitute around 3.6% of the total labour force in India; »  India has the largest number of sexually-abused children in the world.     There shall be peace on earth, but not until all children eat their fill.

Facts About Children In Salem and Namakkal Districts

»  There are 600 HIV/AIDS-infected and 2800 affected children in Salem alone; » Female infanticide / foeticide prevails in these districts; »  A lot of children are being trafficked for construction and quarry works; »  Statistics reveals that 6254 child labourers are in these two districts.