- An
orphan is a child who has lost one or both parents. A child who has lost both
parents is sometimes referred to as a double orphan. It is very likely that a
child who has lost one parent because of AIDS will soon become a double orphan,
since the likelihood of the surviving parent being HIV-infected is also high.
- Some
children are multiple orphans. They became orphans through the death of one or
both parents. This led to their being incorporated into the family of relatives.
In several cases, AIDS claims these relatives also, and once again the child is
orphaned. Some children have had repeated experience of this.
| - The
AIDS epidemic has had a devastating impact on communities in Zambia. The estimated
number of children orphaned because of AIDS is 630,000, and it has also been estimated
that the number of orphans will rise to nearly one million by the year 2014
Data
from Avert & JCRT |
