Asia Pacific Issues and Projects

Over 1 billion people in the Asia Pacific Region live in extreme poverty contending with food insecurity, inadequate sanitation and clean water.

Poverty is the primary economic incentive that drives women and children
to participate in modern slavery.

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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

- Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Asia Pacific is the most populous region of the world where approximately
30 million people are estimated to be victims of modern slavery

124 million children and adolescents are out of school.

66 million primary school children across the region attend classes hungry. 

UNICEF estimates 140 million children worldwide are orphans.

Poverty can cause parents to sell or abandon their children.

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The answer to modern slavery is education. Girls become vulnerable to traffickers.

They end up in domestic slavery, suffering physical and sexual abuse.

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HIV infection is no longer a death sentence.

Treatment in the early stages of infection can facilitate a normal and healthy life, as shown above.

Asia Pacific is the region with the second highest number of people living with HIV in the world.
There are approximately 200,000 children living with AIDS in the Asia Pacific region (AFAO).
It has been estimated that every 14 seconds, a child is orphaned by AIDS. 

In rural areas throughout Asia, disabled children are not sent to school because their parents don't see the value in educating them. They remain in the cycle of poverty because they never develop any skills by which to support themselves or contribute to their community. 

Transport to schools is not available for the disabled.

See the charities we support:

In the Asia Pacific Region