I'm sitting here at my computer with tears rolling down my face. These are the facts. I have a knot in my stomach. I might be sick from these facts.
*By 2010 there will be 1,900,000 orphans in Kenya alone.
*There are approximately 650,000 orphans due to AIDS.
*It is estimated that there are up to 600,000 street children in Kenya, most of them orphaned by AIDS.
*An estimated 1 million children live with HIV.
*An estimated 700 children are orphaned every day. Most of these children withdraw from school due to lack of family support.
*Boys and girls under the age of 5, especially those whose families live in poverty, are vulnerable to potentially fatal diseases such as measles, diarrhea and pneumonia. Malnutrition increases the chances of children dying from these diseases.
*Children orphaned by AIDS are often discriminated against, and have the least access to essential healthcare
I cannot accept this and do nothing about it. The question is not if I'm going, but when. Prepare me, Lord.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The statistics: Kenya
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