Through the Mission Rwanda partnership we are helping turn the tides against HIV/AIDS. By the time you finish reading this page, another two children will be added to the staggering number of boys and girls around the world who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS – that number is now over 14 million.

Many other children have been made extremely vulnerable because their families are stretching their meager resources to help care for the orphans around them. Often, it is aging grandparents or other extended family members who are left to care for these orphaned and vulnerable children. Many times, entire families of children are found trying to make it all on their own. They struggle to grow their own food, and give up school to work backbreaking jobs for pennies.

42 million people worldwide are currently infected with HIV; another 14,000 become infected every day. 22million people have died of AIDS since the epidemic started; one in four of them were children. 14 million children have been orphaned due to the HIV/AIDS crisis; by 2010 this is expected to exceed 25 million.

Your Child Sponsorship dollars are providing valuable assistance to those whose lives have been devastated by this terrible disease. Education, medical assistance, emotional and spiritual support are being offered to those in need. Together, we are making a difference.