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It is important to note that while disasters are not limited by geographical boundaries, they nevertheless affect the most vulnerable members of society most deeply, almost as though through prejudice. At any level of social strata, children are the most vulnerable members, and this truth is amplified among the poor. According to UNICEF, nearly half of the world's children live in poverty, and the hardships these children endure in the wake of disaster, natural or otherwise, are augmented by the disintegration of the social fabric within which mechanisms of society function. These factors illuminate the increasing importance of the creation of child-centered disaster preparedness programs, which as far as possible should be community-based so that children need not be removed from their communities to be rehabilitated. W. A. Butler