India has the world’s largest child population 400 million.

Children are more than one-third of its population.

35 million of those children are orphans.

Large numbers of children work because there is no alternative.

Girl children are treated worse than boys.

50% of children are sexually abused.

71% of sexual assault cases in India go unreported.

Only one-third of all children who enroll in first grade will reach eighth grade.

India hosts the world’s largest number of sexually abused children, at a far higher rate than any other country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).