Know more in regard of the orphans, the organizations in our country assisting children, and how you can help.

1. “NOT EVERYONE CAN BE AN ORPHAN”

2. According to UNICEF an
orphanage is a child under
18 years of age who has lost
one or both parents.

3. There are currently 140 million orphan
globally.
Asia: 61 million orphans
Africa: 52 million orphans
Eastern Europe and
Central Asia: 7.3million
orphans
Latin America and
Caribbean: 10 million
orphans

4. 95%
of orphans
are over the age
of 5
This means that
they are able to
remember their life
with their parents
before being put up
for adoption.However, the number of
orphans has been decreasing
at a rate of 0.7% per year.

5. Extreme Poverty
Parents addiction to drugs/alcohol
Children with disabilities
Losing parents to HIV/AIDS
Males over females

6. EXTREME POVERTY
• Children are sometimes given up for adoption by their
because they are in poverty and not financially able to
them.

7. PARENTS ADDICTION TO ILLEGAL
DRUGS/ALCOHOL
• Some children are abandoned because their parents choose
and drugs over them to relieve them of their daily hardships.

8. CHILDREN W/ DISABILITIES
• Often times, children that are born with any mental or
disabilities are deprived of their liberty, separated from
environments, and confined to institutions or locked away in
called health-care facilities in the name of care and

9. LOSING PARENTS TO HIV/AIDS
• A lot of orphans lose their parents to HIV/AIDS. This is more
undeveloped countries where health care is not properly
easy to access for all.

10. MALES OVER FEMALES
• Some countries/cultures believe that males are more useful
females. So when a female is born, some families abandon
keep the male child.

11. • HumanTrafficking
• Starvation
• Alcohol/Drug Addicts
• Exploitation of Child Soldiers

12. Education Medical Care Food
Shelter Love

13. Orphans in the Philippines
 The Philippines has an abandoned children problem.
 About 1.8 million children in the country, more than 1% of its
entire population, are "abandoned or neglected," according to
the United Nations' Children's Rights & Emergency Relief
Organization.
 Some are victims of extreme poverty; others of natural disasters
and armed conflicts in the country's riven south.

14. How is the Philippines Helping?
 Have organizations like UNICEF Phillipines,
Philippines, Make a Wish Foundation, Habitat for
Humanity, Kythe Foundation, ABM CHILDREN
and etc.

15. The ABM Children Center desires to be one
of the largest institution for homeless,
castaway, and foundling children around the
Philippines providing their home and
education.

16. How to help?
 Send your donations in our “To Donate” section and fill in the details.
 Volunteer by giving your time to play and teach the children every weekend.
 Buy a box of cookies made by ABM Children Center at Iligan City from August to September only.
Click the “Events” section to send your order.

18. You may not change
the world but you may
change a life of a child.
Join us as we continue to embark on this journey!
For details, please return to our site.