Reversing the orphan epidemic trend begins with action. Here’s some of the things you need to be aware of:
- there are over 143 million orphans in the world today [UNICEF]
- about 5,760 children are orphaned each day because of HIV/AIDS [UNICEF] – that’s about one child every 15 seconds.
- almost one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water — clean water is the foundation of any economy — over 60,000 deaths occur each week due to unsafe water [World Health Organization]
- over 1.2 million children are trafficked each year fueling the HIV/AIDS pandemic [UNICEF]
There are many more issues that causes children to become orphans, but the real issue is whether or not you will help. You can make a difference with as little as $2 a day, which is what about a third of the world’s population lives on.
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