{"id":640,"date":"2010-06-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/06\/how-many-orphans-live-in-south-africa.html"},"modified":"2010-06-16T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T06:00:00","slug":"how-many-orphans-live-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/06\/how-many-orphans-live-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"How Many Orphans Live in South Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>3.8 million. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Although South Africa is the most developed nation on the African continent, nearly 60% of the population lives on less than $1.25 each day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the faces of those 3.8 million children that <a href=\"http:\/\/hopechest.org\/\">Children&#8217;s HopeChest<\/a> is working with in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hopechest.org\/photos\/south%20africa\/2.jpg%20\/%3E%3C\/b%3E%3Cbr%20\/%3E%3Cform%20mt:asset-id=\" class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/104\/import\/chc\/2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 0pt auto 20px\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>The Challenge of South Africa<br \/><\/h3>\n<p>South Africa is a country of extreme beauty with metropolitan cities<br \/>\nsuch as Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg.&nbsp; Developed, thriving industry<br \/>\nand tourism might lead the average on-looker to believe that all is<br \/>\nwell, yet in the shadows of theses cities are all the challenges that<br \/>\nexist in other African nations.&nbsp; HIV\/AIDS, malnutrition, tuberculosis<br \/>\nand death are a way of life for the nearly 3.8 million orphans of South<br \/>\nAfrica.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has been significantly impacted by HIV\/AIDS.&nbsp; An<br \/>\nestimated 5.7 million people in South Africa have the disease (roughly<br \/>\n12% of the population).&nbsp; Approximately 1,000 new infections occur each<br \/>\nday with 350,000 AIDS related death annually*.<\/p>\n<p>The nation of South Africa has the distinction of being the<br \/>\nwealthiest most developed African nation, yet 61% of its people still<br \/>\nlive within the grasp of extreme poverty.&nbsp; In this post apartheid era<br \/>\nmillions of South Africans eke out an existence and survival is an<br \/>\neveryday struggle.<\/p>\n<h3>The HopeChest Solution<\/h3>\n<p>In response to the significant challenges facing the nation of South<br \/>\nAfrica, <a href=\"http:\/\/hopechest.org\/\">Children&#8217;s HopeChest<\/a> approached Focus on the Family, US to begin<br \/>\nan orphan care initiative in partnership with Focus on the Family<br \/>\nAfrica.<\/p>\n<p>We will employ a three phased approach of survive, thrive and<br \/>\nsucceed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our approach will take orphaned and vulnerable children in<br \/>\nour care, from assistance with most basic necessities of life (food,<br \/>\nclean water, and proper sanitation) to opportunities to break the cycles<br \/>\nof poverty through job training and micro-enterprise opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>We will look to develop CarePoints in communities with high orphan<br \/>\npopulations and partner with local community leadership to ensure that<br \/>\nthose who are in the most desperate of circumstances are offered access<br \/>\nto food, clean water,&nbsp; proper sanitation, and spiritual development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sp_content_right_feature\">\n<h3 class=\"sp_content_right_feature_header reset_margin_padding\">South<br \/>\nAfrica Data<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>18.1 % of the 15-49 year old population is infected with HIV\/AIDS<\/li>\n<li>5.7 million HIV-infected individuals in SA<\/li>\n<li>There are approximately 3.8 million children who have lost one or<br \/>\nboth parents<\/li>\n<li>South Africa has 0.7% of the world&#8217;s population, 17% of the global<br \/>\nHIV epidemic, and 28% of global HIV and TB co-infected people.<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment: 21.9%.<\/li>\n<li>Population (2007, 47.9 million): Composition&#8211;black 79.7%; white<br \/>\n9.1%; colored 8.8%; Asian (Indian) 2.2%. Official figures from 2007<br \/>\nSouth African Census<\/li>\n<li>Infant mortality rate 5.8%<\/li>\n<li>Life expectancy&#8211;52 yrs. women; 49 yrs. <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.8 million. Although South Africa is the most developed nation on the African continent, nearly 60% of the population lives on less than $1.25 each day. Here are some of the faces of those 3.8 million children that Children&#8217;s HopeChest is working with in South Africa. 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