But it is these children who have the potential to break the cycle of deprivation for future generations. They are the teachers, doctors, journalists engineers and politicians of the future.

Of the 2.2 billion children in our world today almost half of them live in appalling conditions.

Working to change the future of the world's poorest children

In Africa

Mali

Burkina Faso

Uganda

Senegal

Kenya

Liberia

and Asia

India

Pakistan

Philippines

The legendary city of Timbuktu is not a myth - it does indeed exist ! It’s in northern Mali, West Africa, on the edge of the Sahara desert. Click here to see how ABC is changing children's lives in Timbuktu

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Nelson Mandela said; "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world".

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Children are the hardest hit by poverty.