ONE FUTURE
Giving orphans an education
We cooperate with our local partners to find workable solutions to help orphaned children as part of our ONE FUTURE program. For example, by providing study grants to orphaned children who do not have parents to support them. This helps them pursue higher education and improves their job prospects and possibilities for the future.
Helping parentless children
An estimated 140.3 million children have become orphaned as a result of losing one or both parents. The largest proportion of orphaned children live in Asia at 61 million orphans. This is followed by Africa with 52 million orphans, Latin America and the Caribbean with 10 million orphans, and 7.3 million orphans across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. There are many reasons children become orphaned, the most prominent being conflict and wars, diseases and poverty. 15.1 million orphaned children have lost both parents. There are many children that are left to fend for themselves without family or friends taking care of them. This makes them extremely vulnerable to crime, predators and traffickers.
- 140 Million children have lost one or both parents, 1.8% of world population