Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion. Over one-fifth of children between the ages of 6 and 11 are out of school, followed by one-third between the ages of 12 and 14.

Clean water is essential for life. Women and children in sub-Saharan Africa will often travel an average of a 6k round-trip to a water source where water is then often contaminated with disease.

People in sub-Saharan Africa have some of the worst health in the world. Access to health care is limited. Poverty increases the chances of poor health. Poor health, in turn, traps communities in poverty.