HIV and AIDS Facts

Here are some sobering numbers related to AIDS/ HIV in the area we will be working this summer...

Kenya AIDS facts (2007):

People living with HIV/AIDS: 1.5 - 2,000,000
Women with HIV/AIDS: 800,000 - 1,100,000
Children with HIV/AIDS: 130,000 - 180,000
AIDS deaths: 85,000 - 130,000
Orphans due to AIDS: 990,000 - 1,400,000

Kibera facts:

Located in the center of Nairobi, Kenya
Largest Slum in Africa
Population is about 1 million people
The size of Kibera is about 75% of the area of Central Park
2/3 of the people living in Kibera do the "flying toilet" (which is deficating in a bag and then throwing it outside)
1/5 of Kenyans living with HIV/AIDS live Kibera