One who has lost parents is considered an orphan. Every child who goes through this most critical phase of life without enjoying parental care is considered an orphan and this loss can have serious implications on their mental health.

Children constitute 2.2 billion of the estimated 7.7 billion of the world’s population but remain at risk. According to internationally accepted figures, there are at least 140 million orphans in the world. According to UNICEF, almost 10,000 children become orphans every day.

Every day the number of orphans and abandoned children in the world is increasing due to various factors such as natural disasters, epidemics or man-made causes such as wars, conflicts, poverty and mass migration. In the last decade, millions of people died in armed clashes resulting in tens of millions of children being orphaned and relocated, unaccompanied by their parents and unprotected. Nearly 79% of parental deaths occurred due to chronic illness or disease outbreaks in poor Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, India and the Philippines. the countries that are host to the highest number of orphans

The first 18 years of human life are not only a period of physical development; but also definable as a period of sociological interactions with psychological effects. So, the circumstances a child faces early in life, determine, not just his/her prospects in his/her adult life, but also has serious implications on the mental health of society as a whole. Children in this category who are generally victims of physical and sexual abuse can develop various physical and mental disorders due to the negative experiences they have been through. For young people who have experienced such emotional trauma, they will be more susceptible to the risk of socializing with the wrong kind of people, drug/alcohol addiction, prostitution, kidnap, frequent anger bouts and aggression, poor social adaptability, criminal intentions and the likes.