WHY ETHIOPIA?

    • 1 in every 6 children dies before their 5th birthday
    • 44% of Ethiopia's population is under 15 years old 
    • 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
    • Ethiopian median age is 17.8
    • 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world 
    • 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia
    • Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
    • In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%)• Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals) 
    • Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school
    • Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002 
    • Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000. The United State's Ratio is 1 to 400!
    • In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.
    WHY NOT ETHIOPIA!!!


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