Common Myths

"Saving children only to become hungry adults"

" As households move from subsistence agriculture to commercial farming and especially to urban life they also choose to have fewer children.... 

all of these factors explain why most of the world has achieved a marked reduction in total fertility rates and a sharp slowdown in population growth. 

This phenomenon has not yet come to rural Africa where the enabling conditions - child survival, girl's education, women's job opportunities, access to water and modern cooking skills, and access to family planning in contraception -  are not yet in place."