Caroline Riseboro Vice-president, public affairs, World Vision Canada shares this info in today's Toronto Star:
Despite a decade-old commitment by world leaders to tackle the crisis, some
8.8 million children still die annually before they reach the age of 5. Nearly
all of these needless deaths are easily preventable at little cost.
Consider that number, 8.8 million. That is more than all Canadians aged 19
or younger. And that's how many young children die every year. It works out to
24,000 children per day. Seventeen per minute. Or 400 school bus loads every
day, 365 days a year. All dead.
Something for you to chew on.
WFDS
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