While financial poverty is the biggest visible factor limiting a child's future choices, many children suffer from a chronic, debilitating lack of aspiration
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has announced new funding for aid projects in Malawi as both countries mark the bicentenary of Dr David Livingstone this year.
The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, and other Welsh Church leaders have called upon the Chancellor to allocate 0.7% of the UK's national income to overseas aid.