Did you know?

90% of the orphans left by the AIDS epidemic are children living in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: UNAIDS/WHO, Dec 2003)
By 2010, HIV/AIDS will have robbed an estimated 20 million children under the age of 15 of one or both parents. (Source: UNICEF, Nov. 2003)

Survey data shows that many Tanzania households with orphans cannot cover even basic expenses. The most common difficulty is paying for school fees. (Source: UNICEF, 2003)

In Tanzania, 980,000 children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. (UNAIDS)
22% of Tanzanian children under 15 years of age are AIDS orphans.

By 2010, AIDS is expected to increase the death rate in Tanzania by more than one half, and life expectancy will drop from 56 years to 47 years. (World Bank)

I got this information from the Peace House Foundation website!