India has a significant overpopulation, environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and is widespread in corruption. Population below poverty line is estimated at 25%.
Geopgraphy: India
Location:
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north. India’s natural hazards range from droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes. Their current issues are deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources.
Their infant mortality rate:
total: 50.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 49.33 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 52.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 66.09 years
male: 65.13 years
female: 67.17 years (2009 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
animal contact disease: rabies
water contact disease: leptospirosis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
Among the many infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS is spreading quickly in India, with 5 million infected adults. As in other poor countries, this will result in millions of orphaned and destitute children. Well-meaning people began to take in neighborhood children, but the need quickly outruns their resources.
You to can help with the growing increase of children coming into the orphanage. You can join the team by becoming a monthly partner of $25.00 (that’s 5 Starbucks Coffees)