This is the modest sum which needs to be invested each year in «social
support» to guarantee universal access to drinking water within ten years (1,300 million individuals did not have access in 1997), universal access to basic education (1,000 million people are illiterate), universal access to basic
healthcare (17 million children die each year from easily cured illnesses), universal access to
adequate nourishment (2,000 million people suffer from anemia), universal access to sanitary infrastructures and universal access for women to gynecological and obstetric care.
We know that, in low - income school communities, many students are at a disadvantage not only from fewer in - school resources but also from fewer out - of - school
supports, ranging from
adequate healthcare and child care to safe and healthy places — like parks and recreation centers — for students to play and learn after school.