CAMBODIA

The Heart Touch™ Project has surpassed its tenth anniversary of providing care to some of the most disadvantaged members of the Los Angeles community. Since early in our existence, that care has extended to children.

We recognize the great need for The Heart Touch™ Project to expand its mission of delivering compassionate touch to children on a global level. In 2007, We will embark on our first global mission serving the children living in AIDS orphanages in CAMBODIA.

Sources: CIA.gov

CAMBODIA Population     13,881,427 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.) HIV AND AIDS ESTIMATES Number of people living with HIV     130 000 [74 000 - 210 000] Adults aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate     1.6 [0.9 - 2.6]% Adults aged 15 and up living with HIV     130 000 [70 000 - 200 000] Women aged 15 and up living with HIV     59 000 [28 000 - 99 000] Deaths due to AIDS     16 000 [8500 - 26 000] GENERALISED EPIDEMICS Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV     - Orphans aged 0 to 17 due to AIDS     - Rapid increases in HIV transmission have been reported in Cambodia since the first case of HIV infection was notified in 1991. The cumulative reported number of individuals with HIV/AIDS reached 74000 by the end 2003. By 2003, an estimated 123,000 adults were living with HIV infection. An estimated one third of HIV/AIDS cases are among women of child bearing age. The ratio of HIV-infected men to HIV-infected women is 1.14 in 2003.