The 17 goals build on the progress made by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire at the end of this year. They aim to eliminate poverty and hunger and help fight climate change over the next 15 years.

We will return to these children over the years, as they grow older, to find out whether their lives improve as a result of the UN’s plan.

Malawi:

Gift Charles, 10, and his five siblings live in the village of Gomani, close to Blantyre, Malawi’s second-largest city.