Today Namibia is considered a stable democracy, however, like so many African nations faces many problems, not least the steady proliferation of HIV/AIDS which is estimated to affect 25% of the entire population leaving 60,000 children orphaned ~ accounting for 50% of all orphans in the country.

It is hard to imagine bring brought up in a country where 17.5% of the entire child population is an orphan and where most adults die shortly after their 50th birthday.

Namibia is the second least densely populated country in the world and encompasses both the Kalahari and the Namib Desert. 50% of the population live under the poverty line.

You can help when your sponsor a child in Namibia:

www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk