Unemployment - About a quarter of the population is unemployed and lives on less than US $1.25 a day.       

Population  -  2009 estimate 49,320,000   

Aids - At the end of 2009, there were approximately 6.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and almost 1,300 AIDS deaths occurring every day. Statistics show that almost one to five adults are infected and the country is heading for a Aids Orphan Crisis of unimaginable proportions.

Literacy - Nearly five million people in South Africa are totally illiterate, Education Minister Naledi Pandor said on Monday.

Another 4,9 million South Africans were functionally illiterate - people who had dropped out of school before Grade Seven.

Homeless - 40 to 70% of the African Population lives in slums. These children live in the worst imaginable conditions - in overcrowded shacks with dirt floors and no running water or electricity. They play in alleyways covered with sewage and trash. Their parents are often too poor or too ill to keep them fed.

Crime - Prison population total at end 2009 was 162,053 at 30.9.2009 (national prison administration)

Come to South Africa in 2010!

Dates: Every Month in 2010 (Exact dates TBD)
Duration: Approximately 7-11days

An exciting, educational and uplifting trip to South Africa visiting ARF's most important programs and also visiting some of the the country's most dramatic National Parks.

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