New Option to aid Development?

In Uganda, many children are orphaned by violence and AIDS. Typically these solitary children are sent to orphanages where they live until their late teens when they then set out to live on their own. As we read in the readings for last week, the young people of a country can be a help or impediment to development. If the youth are unhealthy (AIDS) or uneducated (orphaned, poverty) they cannot contribute to a country's development. For example, if a child is orphaned or too poor to be educated both formally and in moral values, then he/she cannot grow up to become an engaged citizen. THis is important especially to developing countries because it is the young and the educated who undertake social change.
I think that this foster-system is extremely important for the future of the youth in Africa. By having a guardian and sense of family, these young people will be able to contribute more to their country and will be less likely to engage in violence.