Child Survival _ GMF Children

GMFchildren is a division of Global Ministries Fellowship that has a strategic agenda for ministering to children.

• Every year, nearly 11 million children die from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday. Millions more survive only to face diminished futures, unable to develop to their full potential.
• 150 million children in developing countries are malnourished. Malnourished children have lowered resistance to infection; they are more likely to die from common childhood ailments like respiratory infections.
• For those who survive, frequent illness saps their nutritional status, locking them into a vicious cycle of recurring sickness and faltering growth.
• Almost a third of the children in developing countries have no access to safe water.
• Drinking contaminated water is the major cause of diarrhea with about 4 billion cases per year causing 2.2 million deaths, mostly among children under five.
• One in five of all children in developing countries are not able to go to school. Illiteracy and poverty go hand in hand.