Govt focuses on child poverty

Poverty is hardest on vulnerable groups such as children PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME
Poverty is hardest on vulnerable groups such as children PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME

The draft National Development Plan (NDP) 11 plans to focus on tackling child poverty as a way of addressing overall poverty and income equality.

The draft plan, which is under discussion in the on-going special Parliament meeting, has identified child poverty as the root cause of poverty in adulthood.

“Despite the remarkable progress that has been achieved in poverty eradication, poverty amongst children and adolescents is proportionally higher than that of the general population,” reads the draft plan.

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