"Where one is born should not determine whether they will live or die." —Bono
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria are preventable and treatable diseases that disproportionately affect the world’s poor. Sub-Saharan Africa is the hardest hit region, accounting for 90% of malaria deaths, more than 70% of all people living with HIV and 28%of all TB cases.
The United Nations predicted there would be 43 million AIDS orphans in Africa by the end of the year 2010. However, in the few years leading up to 2010, half of those orphans died—leaving 22 million children traumatized by watching their parents die from a terrible disease.
Some friends of Outrageous Love went into a village in Africa where the population of the village was 5000 people. But the highest age of the households was 12 years old. They went with the intention of teaching the children how to grow a garden, but the first obstacle the encountered was that the land all around their huts is where they have buried their dead. Imagine a society where there are no adults.
