Battery Park City Cares

Help Aids effected children. Sponsor a Child's education.
	More than one in five children will be orphaned by 2010 in Africa
Over 11M African Children have been orphaned by AIDS, half of whom are between ages 10 and 14.
	6,500 People die from AID's in Africa every day
Every 15 seconds a person in Africa dies from AIDS
	29M African's have HIV/AID's only 1% has access to life prolonging drugs.
In some areas more than 30% of the population is infected
	Many children suffer terrible torment in an HIV/AIDS affected household, long before they are orphaned
Child depression and despair is common Children are forced to drop out of school as family bread earners get sick.
	In 7 Years the number of AID's orphans is expected to have grown to a mind boggling 42Million.
Orphaned African children experience the worst forms of explotation and child labour.
	Zimbabwean children have the highest mortality rate of any nation
Zimbabwe under-five mortality rate has risen 50% since 1990 - now 1 death for every 8 births.
	One hundred babies become HIV-positive every day in Zimbabwe
One in five Zimbabwean children are now orphans - 1 million from HIV/AIDS
	A child dies every 15 minutes due to HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
160,000 Zimbabwean children will experience the death of a parent in 2005
	Giving children free basic education, safe and viable options for earning a living and providing their families with financial and other assistance can make a world of difference. Do your bit, help sponsor a Child's education. Most children are sitting at home now as the fees have skyrocketed again this year from $20,000 to $50,000 (Zimbabwean Dollars ~$6US ) in primary school and Secondary schools from $45,000 to $250,000 (~$28US). Charities have had to cut down to less than half the number of children they could previously support in school. Please support a child or multiple children, donate for a year or to put a child through the whole of the education system (~$250US). This is so low as we have teamed up with a local charity - "centre for total transformation" in Zimbabwe and do not expect report updates and photo's etc to be sent for each child but the child may contact you to thank you, if they are able to. This keeps sponsorship costs very low, with very low overhead costs and makes sure that we can help the maximum number of children. We will be updating the schools progress from time to time. If you wish to get more info please e-mail Anna at ctt@africaonline.co.zw

Unicef: Africa's Orphan Crisis: Worst is yet to come.