An estimated 7,600,000 children under the age of 5 die every year, more than 70% of them in Africa and Southeast Asia. About 2/3 of these deaths are caused by preventable diseases, while more than 1/3 of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition.
For 75 years, Plan has been working in remote, impoverished parts of the world to teach parents better practices to keep their children healthy, happy and alive.
For 75 years, Plan has been working in remote, impoverished parts of the world to teach parents better practices to keep their children healthy, happy and alive.
In Kudugama village of Sri Lanka’s North Central province, 47% of children under the age of 5 were underweight. Because villagers were from a lower caste, they received lower quality health services than neighboring villages and dared not complain to officials to improve the situation.
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