At the same time, the well-being of children must be a priority objective of debt relief programmes, development assistance and government spending. For millions of children throughout the world, poverty means more than simply not having enough money. It means not being able to control their lives, being vulnerable to the will of others, and demeaning themselves to make ends meet. It means not being able to take part in community life, and feeling inferior to others. Above all, it means not having the opportunity to make a better life for themselves in the future.
Children living in extreme poverty often find themselves unable to go to school.
Many end up working full-time under dangerous, exploitative conditions just to survive. With little or no education and no resources, they cannot break out of the cycle of poverty. We must fight to eradicate child poverty. We must fight because no child should come into this world only to find all the doors already closed. We must fight because only by investing in children can we break the cycle of poverty.