| The numbers are daunting, | BUT we make a real difference to real people | |
| SHELTER | 15 million refugees worldwide (Source: USCRI) |
Sudan: Ashol and her children fled their village which was burned. Help came when she found the ROPE refugee programme. |
| FOOD | 150 million undernourished children under 5 (Source: FAO) |
El Salvador: Armando enjoys a vitamin enriched bowl of cereal regularly thanks to ROPE. |
| WATER | 2.2 million die every year from diseases associated with poor drinking water (Source: United Nations) |
Cambodia: Sou Than and her family are diarrhoea and fever free. since ROPE funded a well through her Village Development Committee. |
| HEALTH | 1.1 million deaths from Malaria per year (Source :WHO) 4 million deaths from diabetes (Source :WHO) |
Angola: Faustina is happy to have a mosquito bednet to protect her against malaria. Her classmates have them too with ROPE's help. Vietnam: Chu Van Nam's family is so poor that paying for insulin is impossible. The ROPE supported Diabetic Club meets the cost. |
| EDUCATION | 115 million children do not go to school (Source: World Bank) |
Brazil: Maria loves to go to school. A free basic education paid for by a ROPE sponsor enables girls like her to learn and develop and be given the same opportunities as her brothers. |
| WIDOWS | 360 million, 60% of all adult women in developing countries no social security support (Source: Various) |
India: Annapoorna is widowed with three young children. Her desperate condition has been alleviated by a small loan from ROPE to start a market stall selling vegetables. |
| ORPHANS | 15 million AIDS orphans worldwide (Source: UNAIDS, UNICEF , USAID) |
Malawi: Chidambo's frail Grandmother cannot care for him and his two sisters since they lost their parents to AIDS. Thanks to a ROPE orphans assistance programme, they are not forced onto the street. |
| WORK | 88 million people aged 15 to 24 who are in search of work cannot find it (Source ILO) |
Kenya: Patrick was unemployed and had no hope. The ROPE micro-credit scheme in his town has transformed his situation. He now supports an extended family. |
