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Orphans - Out of Africa

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AIDS - A Cry From Africa

Advocate for Children Affected by AIDS

The AIDS pandemic is the most devastating humanitarian disaster of our time, leaving a generation of children in jeopardy.

15 million children (most of them in Africa) have lost one or both parents to AIDS. Many more have been left vulnerable because their families have taken in orphaned relatives, their parents are sick, or their schools have lost most of their teachers to AIDS.
 

The Facts

The hidden face of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a child’s.   3 million people die every year from HIV/AIDS. Approximately 25 million people have died from AIDS in the last 20 years. 70 million will die from AIDS by 2020. 40 million people are currently infected with HIV/AIDS, who will die within 10 years. 13 million children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS since the epidemic began, and the number is expected to double to 26 million by 2010.

Children are suffering the loss of parents, teachers, community members and peers as a result of the pandemic. The tragic loss of these key adults who once provided stability and protection for children has now resulted in a rapid increase of children who are malnourished, forced to drop out of school and exploited for cheap labor.

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