In a country where the average standard of living has decreased by 80% over the last 18 years, poverty and sickness are brought on by the inability to provide adequate nutrition and healthcare. Least able to fend for themselves are the children who are have been abandoned and orphaned.
- 90% are orphaned due to alcoholism, abandonment or imprisonment of the parent
- 10% are orphans because of death of parents
- There are over 450 orphanages in Ukraine
- There are over 100,000 children in Ukraine orphanages and an estimated 100,000 more children on the streets because the orphanages are full
- 10% of orphans commit suicide after leaving the orphanage before their 18th birthday
- 60% of the girls end up in prostitution
- 70% of the boys end up in crime
- Only 27% are able to find work
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Come on..post something interesting!! :)
Matt
I know, I know, Matt, but there is nothing interesting to post yet! Hopefully we will hear from V soon. Will pray for you to have court on Friday, no more delays!
Reading "Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger," It says that the average annual income in Ukraine is $1,000. That is opposed to the US which is about $40K. I don't know how people live even as non orphans!
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