The Statistics

Obviously one of the big reasons why there is a crisis in Africa is because of HIV/AIDS. And Swaziland where our work is being done is at the peak of this crisis. According to UNAIDS, there are 220,000 people living with HIV in Swaziland, which makes up 33.4% of all adults (the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa by almost 10%). 120,000 of these individuals are women (read Mothers as well) who were introduced to the virus through their husbands. Another 15,000 are children who received the disease from their infected mothers. Thusfar, there have been 16,000 deaths and 63,000 new orphans due to AIDS. In all of Sub-Saharan Africa there have been more than 2,000,000 deaths thusfar, and 12,000,000 children orphaned due to AIDS.

And in the face of each of these people is Jesus' face. How can we turn away?