This condition is caused by abnormal development or damage in areas of the brain that control motor activity or muscle tone. Brain paralysis encompasses a variety of disorders, all affecting body movement, balance, and posture.
1 in 323 children are born with brain paralysis, and there are currently around 500,000 children under the age of 18 suffering from the condition.
Malnutrition is a condition involving undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), diet-related diseases, and insufficient vitamins or minerals.
Nearly 1 in 3 children in Bolivia under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition, the second highest rate in all of Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, about 45% of deaths in children under the age of 5 are connected to malnutrition.
There are about 300,000 children diagnosed with cancer each year throughout the world, with the most common types being leukemias, brain or other central nervous system tumors, or lymphomas. About 12% of children diagnosed with cancer do not survive, with this number increasing greatly in countries like Bolivia with inadequate medical care
1 in 9 girls and 1 in 53 boys suffer from some form of abuse prior to the age of 18. As Bolivia is a very poor country, domestic and sexual abuse rates are very high, and many children suffer from it in their households, leading them to run away from home and live on the streets without anyone to care for them.