Right now there are 143 million orphans globally.
Armed conficts orphaned or separated 1 million children from their families in the 1990's alone.
Every 14 seconds a child loses a parent due to AIDS.
By 2010, the number of children orphaned by AIDS alone is expected to exceed 25 million globally.

Where are the orphans living?

87.6 million orphans live in Asia.
43.4 million orphans live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
12.4 million orphans live in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Almost 1.5 million children live in public care in Central and Eastern Europe.
More than 800,000 children pass through America's foster care system each year.

More than one-third of Americans have seriously considered adopting, but no more than 2% have actually adopted.