I recently read an amazing book entitled "There Is No Me Without You" by Melissa Fay Greene. This is a book about a middle class Ethiopian woman whose home became a refuge for hundreds of orphans. She unfortunately passed away earlier this year leaving many of those children behind. I found several interesting statistics regarding Ethiopia and Africa in this book which I thought would be beneficial to share. I thought it would at least give you an idea of the needs in Ethiopia and Africa.
*2/3 of school age children in Ethiopia are not in school.
*59% of adults in Ethiopia cannot read.
*81% of Ethiopians live on less than $2 per day.
*26% of Ethiopians live on less than $1 per day.
*Up to 20% of Ethiopian's 65 million people are not able to eat at least one time per day.
*In 2000 AIDS/HIV had killed 21 million people including 4 million children in Africa.
*In 2006 4.7 million Africans needed life saving AIDS/HIV drugs and only 500,000 had them.
*Approximately 6,600 Africans die each day from AIDS.
*In 2006 is was estimated that 4.7 million Africans needed life saving AIDS drugs and only 500,000 received them.
We recognize that adoption is not for everyone, but there are other ways to help if you feel obliged. I'd be happy to help you find a way to make a difference to one or many in Ethiopia.
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