How the World Is Failing a Generation of Lost Kids

LEFT BEHIND

Where is the international community as millions of children grow up fleeing violence, bombarded by extremism, and lacking even the most basic rights?

Published Sep. 21 2015 1:37PM EDT

articles/2015/09/21/how-the-world-is-failing-a-generation-of-lost-kids/150921-redlener-refugees-tease_a111si — Dimitris Michalakis/Reuters

Try wrapping your mind around some numbers just coming to light from reports issued by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) last week:

Nearly 2.5

Irwin Redlener

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How the World Is Failing a Generation of Lost Kids

Where is the international community as millions of children grow up fleeing violence, bombarded by extremism, and lacking even the most basic rights?

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Irwin Redlener