Orphans in Africa Project is a non-profit
charity organisation created for the purpose of assisting AIDS
orphans and street kids. It is funded totally by donations of
caring individuals and churches. It is not affiliated to any particular
church or organisation but is supported by many.
Our aims are simple and straight from the heart:
- to give African orphans and street kids
a home.
- to create a safe, loving and nurturing environment for
these children.
- to give them a healthy diet and a good education.
- to release them back into the community as healthy, educated
and well-adjusted adults so they can play their part
in the future of their own nation.
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Philosophy
of the Orphans In Africa Project
Africa is a land that has been torn apart by
war and disease. For over 40 years this has resulted in international
condemnation and sanctions, tribal conflict, racial hatred
and the inevitable result is famine, disease and poverty for
the general population.
In addition to this tragedy, the Aids pandemic
has gripped the continent. No other place in the world has been
more affected by the spread of HIV and Aids. As as direct result
of HIV and Aids the population of sub-saharan Africa now in decline.
Parents are dying, leaving their children (often babies) to fend
for themselves on the streets.
The children
of Africa are in great need
Orphans in
Africa Project wants to be part of the solution
- no matter how small.
We want to help the child victims and give them
a safe and secure home in orphanages which truly care, and give
them an education. In so doing they will develop a value system
that works towards prevention of Aids and sustainable development
of their country. These children will grow up to be the future
generation of leaders of their nation. They will have the attitude
to make their nation self-sufficient and hence make a positive
contribution to the world.
Extract from the
UNICEF Report on AIDS July 2004:
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 24 of the
25 countries with the world’s highest levels of
HIV prevalence, and the fastest growing proportions and
absolute numbers of orphaned children. Between 1990 and
2003, the number of children orphaned by AIDS increased
from less than one million to an estimated 12.6 million.
Nine out of 10 children living with HIV/AIDS are African,
as are eight of every 10 children who have lost parents
to AIDS.
Orphans are concentrated in certain countries, reflecting
broader trends in HIV prevalence and population. In five
countries in southern Africa, 15 per cent or more of orphans
lost one or both parents in 2003, the large majority of
them due to AIDS. Equally high numbers of children are
now living with chronically ill family members and will
become orphans this year.
Even without the impact of HIV/AIDS, sub-Saharan Africa
already had the largest proportion of orphaned children.
In 2003, 12.3 per cent (43 million) of all children in
the region were orphans, nearly double the 7.3 per cent
of children in Asia, and 6.2 per cent of children in Latin
America and the Caribbean, who were orphans.
Botswana has the highest rate of orphaning (20%). In
11 of the 43 countries in the region, more than 15 per
cent of children are orphans. Of these 11 countries, AIDS
is the cause of parental death between 11 and 78 per cent
of the time.
The impact of HIV/AIDS on mortality and the number of
children orphaned by AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa will continue
to increase through 2010. By then, more than one in five
children will be orphaned in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland
and Zimbabwe.
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In December 2002 we were delighted to receive
(un-solicited) the coveted Harambee Award
for orphanages. Please click on the image below to
read about this humanitarian award.
