TODAY IS ORPHAN SUNDAY

Check out the following statistics. What are some ideas you have on how to practically engage this issue? Are you willing to be a person who helps to answer this problem? We love you all much!!

There are 143,000,000 orphans around the world.

143,ooo,ooo orphans standing shoulder to shoulder will go around the 10,913 mile perimeter of the USA nearly 4 times.

143,000,000 orphans in a single file line would reach around the earth over 2 times.

You could fill Michigan University Stadium 1,330 times to EQUAL 143,000,000

OR

Take all the people in

NYC {8,214,426}

CHICAGO {2,873,326}

then add all the people form the next 47 largest US cities

HOUSTON {2,144,491}

PHOENIX {1,512,986}

PHILLEY {1,448,396}

SAN ANTONIO {1,296,682}

SAN DIEGO {1,256,951}

DALLAS {1,232,940}

SAN JOSE {929,936}

DETROIT {871,121}

JACKSONVILLE {794,555}

INDIANAPOLIS {785,597}

SAN FRANCISCO {744,041}

COLUMBUS {733,203}

AUSTIN {709,893}

MEMPHIS {670,902}

FORT WORTH {653,320}

BALTIMORE {631,366}

CHARLOTTE {630,478}

EL PASO {609,415}

BOSTON {590,764}

SEATTLE {582,454}

D.C. {581,530}

MILWAUKEE {573,356}

DENVER {566,974}

LOUISVILLE {554,496}

NASHVILLE {552,120}

O.K. CITY {537,734}

PORTLAND {537,081}

TUCSON {518,956}

ALBUQUERQUE {504,949}

ATLANTA {486,411}

LONG BEACH {472,494}

FRESNO {466,714}

SACRAMENTO {453,781}

MESA {447,541}

K.C. {447, 306}

CLEVELAND {444,306}

VIRGINIA BEACH {435,619}

OMAHA {419,545}

MIAMI {404,048}

OAKLAND {397,067}

TULSA {382,872}

HONOLULU {377,357}

MINNEAPOLIS {372,357}

COLORADO SPRINGS {372,437}

ARLINGTON {367,197}

WICHITA {357,698}

PLUS

the entire population of IRELAND {4,109,086} as well as NICARAGUA {5,603,000} and NORWAY {4,770,000} and DENMARK {5,457,415}

then COSTA RICA {4,133,884}

and the entire population of GREECE {11,170,957}

and finally add the 62,000,000 people who live in FRANCE.

to EQUAL the 143,000,000 ORPHANS WORLD WIDE