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Tunnel Vision Orphanage Home for Kids - Foundation

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18,240,000. This is the total number of orphans in West Africa, which represents up to 10.64% of the population under 18 years old in the region, according to UNICEF’s 2012 report. HIV/AIDS epidemic is the main factor that fuels the orphan crisis in Africa. 6,000 children are orphaned by HIV/AIDS every day - that means 1 newly orphaned child every 14 seconds.  Poverty, maternal mortality, unwanted pregnancy, war & conflict as well as the latest Ebola o utbreak are causing more kids to become orphans. It is estimated 2,102,400 more children become orphans every year. In addition, there are about 150,000,000 street children in Africa who were not counted in that number and they are mostly orphans. What can we do for these hundred millions of helpless and vulnerable kids in West Africa? Tunnel Vision Home for Kids currently supports two orphanage homes in West Africa. 41 and 15 children are under the care of the Togo orphanage and the Cameroon orphanage respectively. They are