Some Statistics to inform and tenderize our hearts toward adoption and the poor of the nations:
Heartbreaking Orphan Statistics
Every 15 SECONDS, another child becomes an AIDS orphan in Africa.
Every DAY 5,760 more children become orphans.
Every YEAR 2,102,400 more children become orphans (in Africa alone).
There are 143,000,000* orphans in the world today. The population of orphans theoretically makes up the 7th largest nation in the world.
Orphans in the world today spend an average of 10 years in an orphanage or foster home.
Every YEAR 14,050,000 children grow up as orphans and AGE OUT of the system.
Every DAY 38,493 children AGE OUT.
Every 2.2 SECONDS, another orphan child AGES OUT with no family to belong to and no place to call home.
Many of these children accept job offers that ultimately result in their being sold as slaves. Millions of girls are sex slaves today, simply because they were unfortunate enough to grow up as orphans.
*Reliable statistics are difficult to find, even the sources often list only estimates, and street children are rarely included. But even if these figures are exaggerated by double, it is still an unacceptable tragedy that over a Million children would still become orphans every year, and every year 7 Million children would still grow to adulthood as orphans with no one to belong to and no place to call home. They are totally vulnerable and easily fall prey to predators and slave recruiters.
(Data provided by UNICEF)
1 comment:
Your blog is captivating. Thank you so much for sharing it.
I "met" you thru AWAA when you so sweetly answered my emails about the ET adoption process. Little did I know I would be traveling with your friend and mine now, Tracy. Our Dosen and her Levi were transition home friends, and we are so grateful. Your pictures of the blue gate took me right back there. And Bebe, the guide! It made me SO happy to see his face. Thank you for posting these. Treaures.
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