Introduction continued

One of the major areas of concern is the growing destitution that has assumed monstrous proportions over the recent years. With the unabated insurgent violence taking its toll, the number of those widowed, orphaned, disabled and dispossessed goes on swelling by the day. A rough calculation puts the number of orphans around 50,ooo and of widows and disabled about as many. The magnitude of the problem is awesome with hardly any viable mechanism available to respond effectively. The moribund state machinery betrays a shocking lack of priority. The cash starved government has enough money, not for the needy, but for frivolous pursuits.