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The Problem
The number of children in the world that have lost their mother or father, are parentless, or have been abandoned…now exceeds 143 million. This absolutely staggering number is almost equivalent to one-half of the total population of the United States. Can you imagine if one out of every two children in the western world was a child living on the streets, living in absolute hopelessness and despair? Chronic disease, bloodshed, horrific natural disasters, severe poverty, famine, unsanitary water sources, restrictive population controls, and societal devaluation of female children, have all contributed to this global tragedy of monumental proportions. In the past hour… [ statistics say ] 1,625 children were forced to live on the streets by the death or abuse of an adult 1,667 children under the age of five died from malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases 115 children became prostitutes 66 children under 15 were infected with HIV 257 children were orphaned because of HIV/AIDS Most children are under the age of fifteen and are… Sleeping on concrete beds and rancid garbage piles every night – streets, sewers, dumps |
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