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The State of Cambodia's Children

This is a set of sobering facts supplied to us by World Vision, giving a picture of what life is like for the children of Cambodia. Please use these as a focus for your prayers and as an encouragement to action as we foster our Cambodia Connection.

• There are 6.3 million children in Cambodia; 2.2 live in poverty.
• One in eight children die before their fifth birthday. Most of these deaths are preventable. 111 children under the age of 5 die each day.
• 45% of children under the age of 5 are moderately or severely underweight; 15% are moderately wasted and stunted, 45% are severely wasted and stunted.
• 34% of children do not have access to safe water; 84% are not using adequate sanitation facilities.
• 65% of infants receive DPT3 (diptheria, polio and tetanus) vaccine.
• 220,00 primary-school age children are out of school; the majority (56 percent) are girls. Less than one in five girls of the appropriate age are enrolled in lower secondary school.
• It's estimated that 7,300 children under 14 years old in Cambodia are HIV-positive. 50,000 children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.