Orphan Statistics

The worldwide orphan statistics are staggering.
There are 163 MILLION orphans in our world.
There are more orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa then the total number of children in Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Canada and Sweden.
That’s 53.1 MILLION orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa.
There are even more orphans in Asia. Approximately 6% of all children in Asia are in orphans.
That’s 68.9 MILLION orphans in Asia.
5% of children in Latin America are orphans. In Haiti that number is 15%.
That’s 10.2 MILLION orphans in Latin America.
There are 44,000 new orphans every day.
Every 90 seconds another orphan dies of starvation.
It only costs 25¢ to feed an orphan.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ~Anne Frank