Two more Aids orphans to join the 10 million already trying to survive in Africa.

BBC: Overview: Breaking the silence

That the world's policymakers need to pay more attention to global warming, AIDS orphans, endocrine disruptors, nuclear proliferation and other very important problems.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Davos 2000: So Long, Farewell

They traveled 8, 000 miles on a volunteer mission to serve the poorest of the poor: some of South Africa's 1.4 million AIDS orphans.

CNN: Behind the Scenes: Inner city kids travel to South Africa

UNICEF's Gautam reckons that within a decade, as many as one in three of the world's AIDS orphans could be Asian, compared to the current 10%.

CNN: CHILDREN OF THE CRISIS

There are 11 million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa alone.

CNN: Obasanjo

Compton-Rock is talking about access to free public education, food, knowledge and social mobility -- elusive things for South Africa's impoverished and particularly so for the country's AIDS orphans.

CNN: Behind the Scenes: Inner city kids travel to South Africa

Compton-Rock is talking about access to free public education, food, knowledge and social mobility -- elusive things for South Africa's impoverished and particularly so for 1.4 million AIDS orphans there.

CNN: Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick

Plan said it wanted policymakers to ensure universal birth registration for all children orphaned by or living with Aids, protection of inheritance and property rights for Aids orphans and basic access to health care.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Call to fight HIV risk in young

One of the most alarming speculations is that by the year 2010 there will be 40 million AIDS orphans in Africa, most of whom will have grown up with little or no social structure.

CNN: AIDS in Africa: Dying by the numbers