Worldwide Orphanage Relief Coalition (WORC)
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-It is estimated there are between 143 million and 210 million orphans worldwide (recent UNICEF report.) -Every day 5,760 more children become orphans -2,102,400 more children become orphans every year in Africa alone -Every 15 seconds, another child in AFRICA becomes an AIDS orphan. (At the end of every year, 2,102,400 more children will become orphans, in Africa alone.) -143,000,000+ orphans in the world today spend an average of 10 years in an orphanage or foster home -Each year 14, 505, 000 children grow up as orphans and age out of the system by age sixteen -Each day 38,493 orphans age out -Every 2.2 seconds another orphan ages out with no family to belong to and no place to call home -In Russia and the Ukraine, studies have shown that 10% – 15% of these children commit sucide before they reach age eighteen -These studies also show that 60% of the girls become prostitutes and 70% of the boys become hardened criminals -Another Russian study reported that of the 15,000 orphans aging out of state-run institutions every year, 10% committed su***de, 5,000 were unemployed, 6,000 were homeless and 3,000 were in prison within three years… *all statistics found using external sources.
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