As HIV affected population continue to increase around the world and household poverty deepens, children are increasingly pressurized deprived of all the happiness they should have deserved in their tender age. In some cases facing stigmatization and rejection from the community and family experiencing emotional distress, lack of affection, lack of health care and malnutrition, poverty and take family responsibilities due to the death of parents.
Worldwide, the number of children under age 15 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS stands at more than 14 million, and estimates predict this number will surpass 25 million by 2010. The vast majority – 11 million of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa [106].
Worldwide, the number of children under age 15 who have lost one or both parents to AIDS stands at more than 14 million, and estimates predict this number will surpass 25 million by 2010. The vast majority – 11 million of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa [106].