Global Orphans: The Numbers This great blog article by Christian Alliance for Orphan's Jedd Medefind helps make sense of often-varying global orphan statistics and how they relate to a biblical response:
http://chrisitianallianceblog.org/?p=790
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
HumanTrafficking Statistics This website offers a variety of statistics on human trafficking:
http://www.thehomefoundation.net/the-sobering-facts/
Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 "The 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report outlines the continuing challenges across the globe, including in the United States. The Report, for the first time, includes a ranking of the United States based on the same standards to which we hold other countries. The United States takes its first-ever ranking not as a reprieve but as a responsibility to strengthen global efforts against...
US Foster Care Adoption: Facts & Myths Check out these fact sheets from National Adoption Day on Foster Care Adoption:
Debunking the Myths: The Facts about Foster Care Adoption
Foster Care Adoption: Facts and Figures
Kazakhstan - Adoption Alert The U.S. Consulate General in Almaty received confirmation that the Ministry of Education in Kazakhstan has given instructions to the Kazakhstani Embassy and Consulate in New York not to accept new dossiers for inter-country adoptions. The Ministry said that this moratorium on new adoption cases will remain in effect until Kazakhstan implements a Hague Convention-compliant system, which it intends...
US Foster Care Statistics The New York Times recently reported on a study following the fate of foster children in the US who have aged out of the foster system. The findings are quite sobering: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/us/07foster.html
The Moldovan Crisis Read below to learn from HopeChest's Tom Davis about trafficking in Moldova:
"Being in a country where 30,000 women have literally disappeared is hard to describe. There are over 250 brothels in the capital city of Chisinau and one of the greatest targets for sex-trafficking are girls who leave the orphanages.
Yet, this is a country filled with secrecy. You don't see hundreds of young...
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
HIV Country Profile-- Kyrgyzstan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Kyrgyzstan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_KG.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Uzbekistan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Uzbekistan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_UZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Tajikistan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Tajikistan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_TJ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Latvia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Latvia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_LV.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Kazakhstan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Kazakhstan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_KZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Belarus This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Belarus, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_BY.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Armenia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Armenia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_AM.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Azerbaijan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Azerbaijan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_AZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Ukraine This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Ukraine, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_UA.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Russia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Russia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_RU.pdf
2009 AIDS Epidemic Global Report Every year, UNAIDS does a study on the global AIDS epidemic. This report includes the most up-to-date statistics on AIDS in Russia and Ukraine (pg. 48):
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_2009_en.pdf
Resources from the National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The National Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NFPCC) unites the leading Russian specialists with experience working with children at risk of being abandoned and families in crisis since the late 1980s. The NFPCC was born out of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which began working in the child welfare field in 1996.
This website has many helpful...
Basic Orphan Statistics for Russia
According to data from the Health and Social Development Ministry, more than 730,000 children in Russia either have no parents or have been abandoned by their parents. Of this number about 200,000 of them live in orphanages and internats.
In 2007, 123,000 new orphans were registered by the state with 120,000 of them being placed with extended family members, adopted or placed in...
USAID Project Profiles: Children Affected by HIV/AIDS No generation is spared the catastrophic consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. From newborn babies of HIV-positive mothers to elderly caregivers, the disease does not discriminate. One of the most tragic consequences is the toll on children. In 2003, more than 15 million children under age 18 had lost one or both parents to AIDS. Along with grief and abandonment, children in affected...
Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS This UNICEF program strives to bring the specific needs of the most vulnerable children and adolescents into the HIV debate. The program works to prevent infection among adolescents and young people, to prevent mother to child transmission, to provide pediatric treatment and for the protection of orphans and vulnerable children.The report is available in English and in Russian.
Disturbing Voices: The 2005 Saddleback Global HIV/AIDS Summit Here it is! Your one-stop resource for learning and life change. Hear and experience the 2005 Disturbing Voices HIV/AIDS Conference at Saddleback Church in this new collection of CDs. Listen to 7 general sessions and 16 workshops. Your church, your life, will never be the same
The Sessions can be ordered in the following formats:
Disturbing Voices: Complete Set, 25 Downloadable MP3 Files...
HIV/AIDS and the Global Orphan Emergency: Its Implications for Russia The Power Point presentation of statistics from the Centers for Disease Control HIV/AIDS as compiled by Dr. Susan Hillis, can only be obtained by contacting Cristi Hillis as government regulations prohibit posting the presentation directly on this site. The Power Point presentation is available in English and in Russian. Please email Cristi Hillis and she will be happy to...
| Type: 2006 Summit | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
A Survey of Russian Doctors on HIV/AIDS Synopsis: Russian doctors are on the front line of the struggle against HIV/AIDS in their country, where the epidemic has surged in recent years. As those responsible for diagnosing, treating, and counseling patients with HIV and AIDS, they have unique insight into the trajectory of the epidemic, the adequacy of current government policies designed to fight HIV/AIDS, unmet needs, and priorities....
World Mission Atlas Project This site contains various forms of information including maps, tabular data sets, and written descriptions. The information is helpful in assessing the current status of Missions progress throughout the world. It is a constantly expanding site that seeks to produce a strategically significant World Missions Atlas. The WorldMAP consortium is comprised of Evangelical organizations. Collectively we...
HIV Seroprevalence in Street Youth, St. Petersburg, Russia Reliable data on HIV infection among Russian street youth are unavailable. This study assessed HIV seroprevalence among street youth in St. Petersburg and described social, sexual and behavioral characteristics associated with HIV infection.
Please see the report in its entirety here.
Children: The Missing Face of AIDS in Russia UNICEF CEE/CIS
Moscow, 14 November 2005 – Every day more than 100 new HIV infections are registered in the Russian Federation, with children and young people affected as never before. “The epidemic in Russia has a young face and is fuelled by stigma and discrimination,” said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent...
Russia Losing Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Russia has recorded 402,000 HIV/AIDS cases, but more accurate estimates place the number between 1.2 million and 1.3 million.
Approximately 17,000 people out of the 402,000 recorded cases have died from AIDS-related causes.
The number of new cases reported in the first quarter of 2007 increased by 8% to 10% compared with the same period last year....
ECPAT Anti-Trafficking Country Reports This ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) study covers the reasons and ways in which children are trafficked, and potential prevention strategies. How states deal with cross-border prostitution and separated minor asylum seekers is also considered in this new research, as well as the legislative environment and the application of rules...
Human Trafficking Survey: Belarus, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine The objectives of the survey were to analyze general public attitudes towards employment abroad and human trafficking as well as to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking in these five countries.
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Exploitation Up to 27 million people are enslaved through sexual exploitation and forcedlabor, and nearly half of these are children . This is more than double thenumber deported during the 400 years of slave trade to the Caribbean, North and South America, but often the problem is hidden from view.
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Abandonment Other children have run away from abusive families, or have been abandonedby parents who cannot cope with bringing them up. In Romania, at least 9,000babies are abandoned at hospitals every year .
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Trafficking So many are vulnerable and far from home, unable to come and go freelybecause they have been trafficked from one country to another. Forced ortricked into leaving their homes, children find themselves in a foreigncountry, with no-one to help them escape the exploitation waiting for themthere. An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year - it isthe fastest-growing form of...
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Statistics for Children in Crisis Worldwide- Basic Needs Children's health and wellbeing are threatened when their basic needs arenot met. 27,000 children die every day because of hunger or preventabledisease . 100 million children live or work on the streets . Some estimatesare 160 million
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Viva Network |
Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 The Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 provides practical examples of ways in which children can be given distinct attention and visibility in the analysis of poverty and in policy priorities, while also stressing that data collection has to be improved and made more accessible in order to allow the impact of policies on children to be effectively assessed and addressed.Scroll down the page at this...
Juvenile Justice in the Republic of Moldova This 72 page UNICEF report gives an in-depth explanation and evaluation of the juvenile justice system in Moldova.
Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation This protocal serves as in introduction to the problem of human trafficking in Russia and presents a plan of ways to combat it. The Angel Coalition is focused on combatting human trafficking and has several other resources available here.
Children on the Brink 2004 Children on the Brink 2004: A joint report of new orphan estimates and a framework for action
Author: UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID Price: Free No. of pages: 42 Publication date: July 2004 Publisher: USAID Languages: English - available as a PDF only. Also available in French and Spanish.
Please go here for your free copy of Children on the Brink.
Millions of children are growing up without...
Russian Govt Adoption Website This official government website provides a host of good information about orphans in Russia. It has everything from official orphan statistics to rules for international adoption. Unfortunately, the majority of the site is solely in Russian. The top right of the home page does have an English option, which will lead you to a few pages in English.
Countries And Peoples Of The World CD ILS International, in cooperation with Adopt-A-People Clearing House, has just released the "Countries and Peoples of the World" CD. This huge reference work, which took six years to complete, contains information on every nation and each of the 16,000+ ethno-linguistic people groups of the world. There are over 34,000 pages of...
