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14 million people, half of them children, are at risk of starvation in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Today 3 million children live with AIDS and over 13 million have been orphaned by AIDS, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Every 30 seconds two children become orphans due to HIV/AIDS. |
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More than 250,000 Kenyans died from AIDS last year. That's approximately 1% of the population! |
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Every year, five million people die from unsafe drinking water and unclean domestic environments. |
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Because disease has claimed the lives of so many adults, the majority of those now living in Uganda are children under the age of 15. |
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In Uganda, more than 250,000 men, women and children lack enough clean water to sustain them on a daily basis |
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Nearly 700,000 people living in Tanzania do not have enough food to eat and are facing starvation! |
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The average life expectancy in East Africa is less than 45 years. |
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