While lack of steady, well-paying jobs is a major factor contributing to poverty across many European countries, political upheaval has also played a huge role.…
For many Asian countries, agriculture is a main source of income for billions of people. For a part of the world regularly plagued by natural disasters, this causes drastic economic losses. When families are unable to find regular work, they may be vulnerable to forced labor—including the children! In many parts of Asia where Children’s Hunger Fund serves, traffickers look for children in great need to lure them into dangerous situations with promises of food and shelter.