OUR CONGO
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50 year life expectancy – compared to 79 years in the United States
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3rd lowest GDP per capita in the world after the Central African Republic and Burundi
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3 million children under five years of age, suffer from acute malnutrition
Education Statistics
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Estimated 3.5 million of primary age children are out of school
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33% of children who enter the first grade will not make it past the sixth grade
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Of those who reach 6th grade, only 75% will pass the exit exam
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CONGO at
a glance
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Population- 89 million
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64% live in poverty
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Roughly 6.7 million suffer from hunger
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4th most populous country in Africa
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19th most populous country in the world
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At 2.3 million square kilometers, slightly less than one-fourth the size of the United States, Congo is the second largest country in the African continent
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Due to war and lack of infrastructure, necessary resources like water, become isolated and scarce in areas along the Congo
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More than half of the Congolese live without access to clean water
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Source: USAID.gov
