8. Pakistan
Orphan population: 4.2 million
In the country where the average income is 255 dollars and more than half of population lives in poverty, many parents are forced to abandon their children because they can’t raise them. Moreover, series of natural calamities have left many children parentless. Earthquake in 2005 and floods in 2010 took thousands of lives, leaving many children without parents. Other factors leading to children becoming orphans are ethnic killings and terrorism. Currently, Pakistan lacks a national policy to deal with growing number of parentless children. New laws should be implemented, including strict regulation about who and under which condition can run an orphanage.
