Reality check... State of the World’s Children... Millennium Development Goals... Conflict... Education... Participation... Food & water... Health care... HIV & AIDS... Poverty... Protection...

There's a huge gap between the rights that children have been promised and the harsh reality faced every day by the world's children. They have the right to survive, but a child dies every three seconds because of extreme poverty. Right now, more than 1 billion children are suffering without proper food, safe drinking water, proper sanitation, health care, shelter, education and information. Also, find out how UNICEF responds in an emergency.