Facts & Statistics
Orphan Hope International

It is estimated there are between 143 million and 210 million orphans worldwide (recent UNICEF report.)

The UNICEF orphan numbers DON’T include abandonment
(millions of children) as well as sold and/or trafficked children.

The current population of the United States is just a little over 300 million… to give you an idea of the enormity of the numbers…
طبعا لايضاح ضخامة العدد يمكن مقارنته بعدد سكان الولايات المتحدة.

According to data released in 2003 as many as eight million boys and girls around the world live in institutional care. Some studies have found that violence in residential institutions is six times higher than violence in foster care, and that children in group care are almost four times more likely to experience sexual abuse than children in family based care.

Every day 5,760 more children become orphans
عدد الاطفال الذين يصبحون ايتام كل يوم هو 5760 تقريبا.

Approximately 250,000 children are adopted annually, but…
Each year 14, 505, 000 children grow up as orphans and age out of the system by age sixteen

كل سنة يتم تبني 25000 يتيم لكن كل عام يخرج من بيوت الايتام عند بلوغهم السادسة عشر عدد 14,505,000

Each day 38,493 orphans age out

Every 2.2 seconds another orphan ages out with no family to belong to and no place to call home

Studies have shown that 10% – 15% of these children commit suicide before they reach age eighteen

These studies also show that 60% of the girls become prostitutes and 70% of the boys become hardened criminals

Another study reported that of the 15,000 orphans aging out of state-run institutions every year, 10% committed suicide, 5,000 were unemployed, 6,000 were homeless and 3,000 were in prison within three years…

An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked every year; (THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2005)

عدد 1.2 مليون طفل يتم بيعهم والمتاجرة فيهم سنويا

2 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion-dollar commercial sex industry. (THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2005)

مليون طفل اغلبهم اناث يتم استغلالهم جنسيا خاصة من قبل صناعة الافلام والدعايات الجنسية