1,644,293 people with 839,000 children below the age of 18 (51 % of the population) There are 251,829 children under the age of five, including 54,923 under 12 months. The war has also decimated educational infrastructure, leaving 70,000 children without access to kindergartens and preventing early learning opportunities for younger children that are crucial for their cognitive and social development. Almost 55,000 children under the age of six in gaza are estimated to be acutely malnourished, far more than have so far been identified as victims of the potentially lethal condition, a study. Children have a special status in conflict and must be protected Yet these are some of the shocking realities of life in gaza for children
Nearly all children in gaza are at imminent risk of famine There is a total absence of education in gaza, leaving 625,000 children out of school. To date, 259,409 children (133,051 boys, 126,358 girls) have enrolled in the programme and received basic learning activities delivered by thousands of teachers covering arabic, english, mathematics, and science.
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