Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Rwanda: Government Study Reveals More Than 800.000 Orphans

Rwanda News Agency/Agence
Rwandaise d'Information (Kigali)
10 June 2008

Posted to the web 10 June 2008

Kigali

Rwanda has some 825.000 orphans with 22 percent experiencing grave challenges that it will need coordinated and streamlined intervention to support them, a Ministry of Gender and Family Affairs study says.

From a total population in the country of more than 9 million, children make up some 3.4 million, the study - the first of its kind on the issue indicates.

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