Inundated in Statistics

I've unintentionally assumed the role of being the messenger of statistics when it comes to our Kids In Need focus. We have tried to do multiple elements to let the reality of these statistics settle in. One that has especially gripped me is this image.
The combined population of the 9 states in red is equal to the number of kids in Africa who have been orphaned due to AIDS.

There are times (many times) these numbers and images simply overwhelm me, but there are one other image that I keep in mind...