Fact:Sub-Saharan Africa is the most common area where hunger exists, a quarter of the population are suffering from malnutrition, and the malnutrition rate of sub-Saharan Africa between 2014 and 2016 was 23%; In the developing world, 66 million children went to school while starving, and Africa alone was accountable for 23 million of those children.

Goal of the UN: By 2030, eradicate hunger, ensure that everyone, especially the poor and minorities and babies, have enough safe and nutritious food supplies; eradicate any form of malnutrition, meet the nutritional demands of pregnant women and breastfeeding women.

Fact:Every year, the number of deaths among children under the age of five still exceeds 6 million; the death ratios of children in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are rising, where four out of every five deaths are from the these two regions; the number of deaths of African children from poor families under the age of five is almost twice as much as the number of children born in wealthy families; AIDS is currently the main cause of death amongst African teenagers (10 to 19 years old).

Goal of the UN:By 2030, eradicate the number of preventable deaths of newborn and children under the age of five; achieve the UN’s “Three Zero Vision”, and eliminate AIDS.

Fact: The number of children that dropped out of school from the developing regions is 57 million, and more than half of them come from the sub-Saharan Africa region; there are 103 million teenagers in the world that lack the basic reading and writing abilities, and 60% of them are females.

Goal of the UN:By 2030, ensure that all children have access to free, equal and high quality elementary and high school education and achieve effective academic results; ensure that all children receive high quality newborn development, nursing and preschool education; establish and improve education facilities to ensure gender equality and disabled equality; provide everyone with a safe, non-violent, tolerating and effective learning environment.