Backup Documents 10/27/2009 Item # 4A
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PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, the number of homeless, displaced, and orphaned children is growing exponential/y,
and is calculated to be one hundred and forty five mil/ion children worldwide: and,
WHEREAS, children who have been orphaned or rendered vulnerable by AIDS are among the most
impoverished children of the world - currently over fifteen million: and,
WHEREAS, the orphaned number includes displaced children from wars, natural disasters, and
AIDS, creating a humanitarian and economic challenge that our globa/ society must
urgently address, the reality of there being more than fifty three mil/ion orphans in
Sub Sahara Africa alone emphasizes the magnitude: and,
WHEREAS, fragile and vulnerable children left behind from these wars, natural disasters,
famine, and diseases creates leve/s of poverty that renders addressing hunger and
the associated living conditions as a top priority for our g/obal humanitarian society:
and,
WHEREAS, over sixty million orphans go to bed hungry every night: ond,
WHEREAS, every two seconds, a child beC()IIMIS an orphan: and,
WHEREAS, World Orphans Day strives to raise public awtlfWness about the plight of these
children whose numbers are increasing witlwut any sign of abatement: and,
WHEREAS, only a large-scale sustainable political, social, and mDIVII awakening by governments
around the world, non-governmental agencies, and religfpus fllVJUps can address this
crisis: and,
WHEREAS, all levels of 9O!ft1rfIment both local and national occept as part of their moral charter
to be a guaranftJr of the rights of children, and accept thilt protecting and seeing to
the well-being of all the worlds children is a collective responsibility.
NOW THEREFORE, be it prqclaimed by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County,
Florida, that ~ 9, 2009 be designated as
WORLD ORPHANS DAY 2009
DONE AND ORDERED THIS 27th Day of October, 2009.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COLLIER COUNTY. FLORIDA
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DONNA F. i4LA, CHAIRMAN
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