About Us

Total Population:  22,628,960

Children Between the  Ages of 0 - 18:  10,115,145

Orphan Rate:  9.32%

Total Orphans: 942,731

Infant Mortality Rate: 47.4 deaths/1000 live births

• There persists an economic plague that has claimed the lives of many innocent children. Since 2002 disease and starvation have plagued the capital of Antananarivo, and the millions of people who live there.
• The average family income is just $504 per year.
• The increase of prostitution and forced labor among Madagascar's poverty stricken youth has become an increasingly terrible plight over the past few years.
• Orphanages depend on private and some governmental support, it has become more and more difficult to meet their needs as resources continue to decrease.
• Many children suffer from Typhoid, Hepatitis A, Malaria, and even the plague.  Many suffer from easily treated pathogens and many children are dying without access to simple vaccines.