Statistics

People say that statistics don't lie, and while Matt would argue that many do, these statistics are fact: the disturbingly sad, gut-wrenching awful, eye-opening fact.

Orphan Stats**:

• World wide: 145 million to 163 million
• Every day 5,760 more children become orphans
• 2,102,400 more children become orphans in Africa each year
• 5,000,000 orphans in Ethiopia alone
• 70,000 orphans in Asia
• 123,000 orphans in the United States (children in foster care waiting for adoption)
  

Those numbers are mindblowing; there are that many children that need a warm meal, place to call home and most importantly people to call their family. Sometimes when I think of all those children, it seems hopeless. I wonder if it'll ever change and if what I do will ever make a difference. But then I remember that together we can make a difference. If 7% of the 2 billion proclaiming Christians adopted an orphan, there would be no more orphans. How's that for hope!

**statistics compiled from unicef.org and showhope.org

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