“Every 2.2 seconds, a child loses a parent due to war, natural disaster, poverty, disease and other causes. Today, there are 133 million children who have lost one or both of their parents, and 15 million are orphaned due to AIDS.”
This week is World Orphan Week (October 5-11, 2008), and in support of the week SOS Children's Villages-USA has launched a new child welfare centered project. The project is an online video contest, which SOS established to aid in increase the visibility of the issues faced by orphaned children.
The worlds orphans often remain voiceless and marganalized, however World Orphan Weeks seeks to bring their faces out of the shaddows. Take an opportunity this week to use your resources to aid those children in need by using your skills to create a video to bring awareness to the issues that plauge millions of orphans, sponsor a child or orphanage, donate your time and volunteer to work with orphans, or better yet look into adoption and share your love with a child in need.