• In Sub-Saharan Africa (the part of the continent south of the Sahara Desert), more than 300 million people - nearly half the population - live on less than $1 a day.
• Every day 6,600 people die from AIDS.
• More than 12 million African children have already lost one or both parents to AIDS, with the number of AIDS orphans expected to increase to more than 18 million by 2010.
• In Kenya, the median age is only 18, and about half the population is 15 or younger.

Over two million children currently roam the streets of African cities.  Most are orphans.  Others have been abandoned or sent from their homes to fend for themselves.  As each day goes by, thousands more will join them.  They are searching for what we tend to take for granted - food, shelter, security and love.  Their lives are filled with violence, disease, hunger and broken relationships.

To escape from these harsh realities, many resort to sniffing glue and kerosene.  A day's supply costs about ten cents, which they can raise through begging, stealing or prostitution.  The addiction numbs them from the pain, but can ultimately prove to be fatal.

But there is hope...