Maternal Orphan Or Paternal Orphan

          A maternal orphan is a child whose mother has died; a paternal orphan is a child whose father has died. Children are the most innocent and it is the most merciless to commoditize them collateral damages. There is a devastating 130 million and above orphans, a worldwide statistics estimated by SOS Children's Villages, in 3 regions alone namely Sub-Sahara Africa, Latin America and Asia. The veracity of the statistics may be questionable to some readers, and if we may afford the statistics an inflated allowance of 30 million, in the proximity of 100 million is still staggering. In fact, I should reword worldwide statistics as regions by deprivation statistics.

          How many are roaming homeless? What trace do we have of those forgotten and abandoned? All these unrecorded children together with orphans from others countries can dreadfully ratchet up even higher the statistics. Dear readers, this is what I have read by just a few clicks on web pages, which you may have read them too.

           In Syria, President Assad continues to hold his stance. Egypt just cannot shake off the fetters of political turmoil, economic setback, and social unrest. An impasse stays between North Sudan and South Sudan after war-ravaged and multiple conflicts in Darfur, with new violence imminent. Terrorism and extremism, perpetual and unruly, disseminating fears across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ideological, traditional, or crossing conflicts that are incendiary to Myanmar, Sri Lanka to Africa’s Nigeria. In India, rising social ills and political unchanging corrupted culture incessantly spinning grave news. Least but not last, the escalating hostile rhetoric of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, a 30 year old leader who always appear armed and mounted in photos. Alas, the list does not end here.

          I dread the statistics for children may be far worst. As the statistics was dated 2010, and, excepting North Korea, tens of thousands of lives have lost since 2010 from many countries that were and remain so riven with wars, violent conflicts, deadly clashes and martyrdoms. As is extremely disturbing the actual evil may be in the vein as the fact that the targets of infants to women are ruthlessly increasing, the punishing plights of these victimized multitudes are, unsurprisingly, considered not as pressing as our economic woes by those capable, the investors.

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Video Published on Apr 5, 2012

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KONY 2012: Part II -- Beyond Famous offers a closer look at the LRA and explores the solutions put forward by leaders of the currently-affected areas of CAR, DRC, and South Sudan, where local communities continue to live under the constant threat of LRA violence. This generation has responded to the call to make Joseph Kony famous. Now we need to dig deeper and turn awareness into informed action. That starts with sharing this film and continues with participating in Cover the Night, the advocacy and awareness event taking place worldwide on April 20th

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