The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that the tidal waves have affected as many as 1.5 million children. Tens of thousands have lost a single parent. The most unfortunate have lost both parents, and find themselves in a pitiful condition-homeless and without food.
根據聯合國兒童基金會估計，受到南亞海嘯影響的兒童高達一百五十萬人，數萬名兒童失去雙親中的一人，甚或成為父母雙亡的孤兒，無家可歸，也沒有食物維生，處境堪憐。