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THE VISION: AN OVERVIEW
"There has to be a Herculean effort made for these kids so we don't lose them. Otherwise...you will have a society where kids haven't been to school and
therefore can't fulfill even basic jobs...a society where a large proportion can have
anti-social instincts because their lives have been so hard. You have a generation
of children who will be more vulnerable to exploitation and to disease because they won't have the same sense of self-worth."
Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
Source: Africa Recovery (Oct. 2001) "AIDS Oprhans: Facing Africa's 'silent
crisis'''
Practical Solutions That Build A Tomorrow For Africa's
Children
Current Facts About The Situation in Africa:
Root issues creating African orphans include:
- Cholera and/ or Dysentery killing parents due to lack of clean water sources.
- Lack of education and job opportunities contributing to rampant poverty and disease.
- AIDS killing large portions of the population.
- Death during childbirth doe to the large absence of proper medical facilities.
- Malaria and/ or TB killing large portions of the population.
The Objectives:
- Form an outreach model for orphan and widow rescue and rehabilitation which cuts the root causes perpetuating the orphan problem in this region.
- Provide vital education and job skills for underprivileged and orphaned children through multi-level schools and a technical training facility.
- Establish a financially self-sustaining economic system that will support the outreach model.
- Duplicate this outreach model in other parts of Africa where the greatest needs exist.
These objectives can be reached with your help through the 5
real-world steps outlined
here.
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