Depressing News of the Day

Apparently 4 out of 5 "orphans" worldwide actually have at least one parent. But orphanage coerce parents into giving up custody and the result is that children suffer rapes, beatings, etc in institutions. Parents tend to give up custody in part beacuse they are poor and lack the funds or food to adequately care for the child. But the institutions are worst.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8375579.stm

I was made a pledge to donate all of my charity dollars to overseas charities. My two favorite institutions are Kiva.org and ChildFund.org. 2 billion people are living on less than $2.50 per day. The infant mortality rate in Angola is 180 which means that out of 1,000 new borns, 180 will die before their first birthday.