Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 15 million children under 18 have been orphaned as a result of AIDS. More than 12 million of these children live in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it is currently estimated that 9% of all children have lost at least one parent to AIDS.(UNAIDS, 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, Chapter 4: the impact of AIDS on people and societies)
Over 15 million, for those of us so very blessed to reside in Australia that is near our entire population..to visualize it is heart breaking, to assist in alleviating the hardship of even just one of these, the most innocent among us, is incredibly meaningful.