An entire generation is growing up without parents, without teachers, without a future. It s a scandal and it doesn t need to happen, but the world is standing by and letting it happen,' says Mark Curtis, Christian Aid s Head of Policy.
World leaders promise a little bit here, a little bit there, but have taken no serious action.
New figures from Christian Aid show that if the UK met this promise, 3.5 billion extra would be released every year. The UK must set a good example and get other countries to do the same. We are not asking for anything new, just that the UK keep a promise it made 30 years ago,' says Mark Curtis. Drugs companies are now being shamed into lowering their AIDS drug prices, but even so, these drugs will cost at least 250 per person per year. The future implications of millions of children growing up in poverty, uneducated and traumatised, are extremely serious.