Exclusive AIDS Orphans Web Documentary

ByABC News
July 2, 2003, 6:34 PM

— -- Zambia's children have never known a world without AIDS.

2004 marks the 20th year since AIDS was first diagnosed in the sub-Saharan nation. In the last 20 years, a perfect storm of poverty, disease and hunger has decimated Zambia's parents, orphaning their children in numbers never before seen by humankind.

By 2010, 1.1 million Zambian children will be orphaned, largely due to AIDS.

These young people will soon be the country's leaders. They dream of college and becoming accountants, doctors and actors. They're already becoming parents. Where they go, so goes the nation.

Zambia's children are fighting for their future and the future of their nation.

ABCNEWS.com's Geraldine Sealey visited Zambia this spring and talked to children about their daily struggles and their dreams for the future.

Hear from the children in an exclusive ABCNEWS.com Web documentary by clicking here.

How to Help

To help, contact these organizations working with children orphaned by AIDS.

Fountain of Hope c/o Project Concern International Donate online: http://www.projectconcern.org/givenow.html Donate by mail: Project Concern International 3550 Afton Road San Diego, CA 92123

Lusaka Anglican Children's Project (Canaan Center)c/o Family Care Foundation Donate online: http://www.familycare.org/getinvolved/donateform.htmDonate by mail: Family Care Foundation P.O. Box 1039 Spring Valley, CA 91979 USA

Hope for African Children Initiative Donate online: http://www.hopeforafricanchildren.org/New/donate_here_index.html