THE BUSOGA TRIBAL AREA
- Poverty densities range from 27% to 62%. The highest rates are in Luuka (Iganga District) at 62%.
- Continues to show little or no progress with poverty reduction over the past 15 years.
- Disease is a good indicator of poverty levels; the more rampant the diseases, the poorer the region.
- Luuka County has a population of over 250,000 people, an extremely high birth rate, and only two health centers at the sub-county level—no hospital.
- One report found the wealthier Central and Western regions had lower pupil-teacher ratios-higher in the North and Eastern regions.
UGANDA
- Up to 50,000 children are estimated to have been abducted by LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) and are forced to kill and be sex slaves.
- 1 in 7.5 children under five years of age die.
- The median age in Uganda is 15 due to deaths from AIDS.
- Uganda is the world-wide epicenter for HIV/AIDS cases, orphaning 1 in 5 children.
AFRICA AND THE WORLD
- Every 15 seconds, another child becomes an AIDS orphan in Africa.
- Every day, more then 5.5K children become orphans (3,600 from AIDS).
- Every year, 2.1M+ children become orphaned in Africa.
- On average, orphans spend 10 or more years in orphanages world wide.
- Only 250,000 (approx.) children are adopted annually.
- Every day, nearly 38K children “age out” of an orphanage system with no family support.
- Almost 90% of the estimated 16.6M children orphaned by AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa.
UGANDANS BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
Poverty is defined as living on less than $1 per day.