Children are our future – that is especially true in developing countries, where in many cases 50 to 70 per cent of the total population is below the age of 25. All a country's hopes are then pinned on children and young people. It is up to them to ensure that their societies undergo the desperately needed social and political change. But extreme poverty, armed conflicts, AIDS and bad governance rob millions of children of their human rights and opportunities in life. The fight for children's rights is therefore a key concern of international and thus also of German development policy.
