The World	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
Total Population	6,446,131,000	44,344,000	9,426,000
Children/Adults dead from AIDS illnesses - 2004	3,100,000	3,100,000	N/A
Children/Adults infected with HIV/AIDS virus	39,400,000	5,300,000	N/A
AIDS Orphans	15,000,000	1,100,000*	440,000*
AIDS Orphans as a % of Total Population	.2%	2.5%	4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

* Many AIDS Orphans are HIV+ or have AIDS, many of the babies die by age 2.
Statistics show that almost every HIV/AIDS orphan will die before the age of 8.

(Source: United Nations and South African governmental agency reports).

KwaZulu-Natal is the Epicenter of the AIDS Pandemic.

The Department of Health’s annual report issued September 2004 showed 37.5% of the women in KwaZulu-Natal tested HIV positive.

Western KwaZulu-Natal’s AIDS orphans receive no help from any non profit organization or non governmental organization, except for the AIDS Babies organization.

Only one governmental agency, South Africa’s Department of Welfare, gives help to Western KwaZulu-Natal’s AIDS orphans. Unfortunately, the Department of Welfare’s budget for AIDS orphans has been severely reduced.

AIDS Babies is a Nhlangwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South African based organization dedicated to relieving the suffering of AIDS orphans. AIDS Babies is the only non profit, or non governmental agency, helping the AIDS orphans in Western KwaZulu-Natal, epicenter of the AIDS Pandemic.