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Africa's Orphan Crisis Worsens
Thirty-four Million Without Parents
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - With diseases such as AIDS, malaria
and tuberculosis continuing to claim the lives of millions of Africa's
poorest adults, millions more children are being left homeless and
orphaned. "Africa needs more than one billion dollars each year to care for the millions of orphans on the continent," an official spokesman for the United Nations recently stated. "In less than five years," the official continued, "there will be more than 50 million orphans in just 16 of Africa's 53 countries." "Such a situation," an African Union spokesman explained, "will easily destabilize countries because these children are vulnerable and they can be exploited. Funds will be needed for education and healthcare, but we don't know at the moment where the money is coming from."http://www.missionariesofafrica.org/articles/sr/SpRptFall06.html
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