UNICEF : Motherless babies, children forced onto the streets to work, and millions of other youngsters growing up without the security of a family pay a heavy price for poverty, UNICEF report said on Wednesday. Publication of "Growing up Alone: The Hidden Cost of Poverty," began an 18-month campaign by UNICEF to help an estimated 100 million children who it says are growing up outside the protection of a state or a family and are denied the basic rights of any child.