I have created this blog because I think everyone should be aware of the millions of children in the world who are alone and suffering.
"No man is so poor as to have nothing worth giving. Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare to think." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In third world countries, orphans are much more common and prevalent. These orphanages are usually overcrowded and underfunded.
According to UNICEF, there are somewhere between 143 & 210 MILLION orphans worldwide.
Let me give you a better visual of these numbers. The United States has a population of 312 million people.
Better yet, that is more orphans then the entire population of Russia (142,914,136 people)...and finally, that is at least 4 times Canada's population at 34,605,346!!!
Every 2.2 seconds, a child turns 18 and must leave the orphanage or foster care where they once found shelter (In some cases the child is under 18 years of age). In some countries, 80% become homeless and many are forced into prostitution in order to survive. Even in some areas in America, over 60% of the children who age out, become homeless.
This is more than mere statistics. These are real children, with real feelings, who desperately need a loving hand.
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