Aids Orphans Rising

AIDS Orphans Rising
What you should know and what you can do to help them succeed

AIDS Orphans: Who They Are?
AIDS Orphans are children left on their own due to the death of both their parents.
There are hundreds of thousands of AIDS orphans in many countries of the world, particularly in African countries.
A household consisting of AIDS Orphans is called a Child Headed Household (CHH).
Every 14 seconds a CHH is formed somewhere in the world.

AIDS Orphans: Where They Live?
Some of these orphan kids are let in by their relatives; some are left a small house by their deceased parents; some have to live in the open at the mercy of nature; and some are lucky enough to be adopted by people.
In any case, these kids prefer to stay together with their siblings. Living with others or in the open, they are at risk of exploitation and abuse.
Volunteer organizations are striving to provide accommodation to these children

AIDS Orphans: What They Eat?
Many of these find little food to eat and have to beg for it. A number of them start working, while still going to school, to feed themselves and their younger siblings.
Some AIDS orphans sell nuts and grains to survive. A few of them learn technical skills and do child labor.
Some young girls are compelled to practice prostitution to get food.

AIDS Orphans: Can We Save Them?
Yes we can, provided that we care for them. And surely, we do. Here is how?
Donate to voluntary Organizations who are helping these kids.
Adopt an AIDS orphan either by bringing him/her along or distantly providing for his/her needs.
Send small items of daily use (shoes, stationary, canned food, dried fruit, clothes, medicine, and other such items) to them via their helpers.
Send an e-mail to your family/friends, asking them to help these needy children.
Start your own group or non-profit organization to collect funds and other items of daily living for them.
Pray for them and for people who are helping them.

AIDS Orphans Rising: Come Forward to Save Lives!
Read Sister Mary Elizabeth’s book AIDS Orphans Rising to learn more about AIDS orphans and how they can be helped.
Visit the AIDS Orphans website http://aidsorphansrising.org/ to learn more and get a copy of the book.
Order the book directly by writing to: [email_address]
All the profit from this book’s sale goes into helping child headed households.

Aids Orphans Rising

by Ernest Dempsey on Jun 04, 2008

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