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At a devastating rate, the AIDS pandemic is crippling a growing orphan population in sub-Saharan Africa. Find out the facts about this horrific pandemic, and know that with your help, we can provide a solution to the looming orphan crisis.

• 34.4 million people in the world today live with AIDS. 24.5 million live in sub-Saharan Africa.
• 2.2 million living with AIDS are under the age 15.
• Between 2005 and 2010, life expectancy will be reduced from age 59 to 45 in sub-Saharan Africa.
• By 2010, an estimated 18 million children living in sub-Saharan Africa will lose one or both of their parents before their 15th birthday.
• Nearly 10,500 new cases are diagnosed daily.