Statistics

There are approximately 147 million orphans worldwide...

and over 5,700 children become orphans every day.

Every 14 seconds a child becomes an orphan.

1 billion children are deprived of one or more services essential to survival and development.

Every 2 seconds another orphan dies from malnutrition.

101 million children are not attending primary school, with more girls than boys missing out.

15 million children have lost one or both parents due to AIDS.

1.2 million children were trafficked each year as of the year 2000.

150 million children between the ages of 5 and 14, are engaged in child labor.

25,000 children age out of the foster care system every year.

11 million children under the age of 5 die each year from preventable diseases.

* statistics from: AGCI, UNICEF, UNHCS, and Take Part