Illustration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2002.

CAMBODIA - CIRCA 2002: The Russian Hospital of Phnom Penh, AIDS ward - This ward is entirely operated by the French NGO Medecins sans frontieres - The largest concentration of the worlds NGOs may be found in Phnom Penh today - Yet within the entire country, there are only six AIDS testing centers, while an additional 16 are in the planning stages - Less than 500 AIDS patients receive antiretroviral treatments - The three hospitals providing treatment for such patients were all founded by NGOs - Perspectives for the future with regard to the virus are frightening: according to the UN, AIDS will cause 145,000 Cambodian children to be orphaned by 2005, as the countrys workforce is swept away by the disease - **NO SALES FOR BOOK PUBLISHING** in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2002. (Photo by Yves GELLIE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)