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Water

• 5% of Ethiopians have a household water connection (World Health Organization (WHO))
  • 32% of urban households, and 0% of rural households (WHO)
• 100% of rural households do not have water (WHO)
• 31% of these rural households have access to improved (sanitary) drinking water sources (UNICEF)
• Women walk four miles and carry 44 pounds of water each day, on average (World Development Report)
• Approximately 10% of the country has access to improved sanitation facilities (WHO)
  • http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmpfinal.pdf
  • http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html#65
  • http://www.who.int/gho/countries/eth.pdf

 

Food

• 44% of the total population of Ethiopia is undernourished. (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO))
• 38% of children under 5 are moderately to severely underweight and suffer health effects from this. (WHO)
• 50% of children have stunted growth due to malnutrition. (World Bank)
  • http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ess/documents/food_security_statistics/monitoring_progress_by_country_2003-2005/Ethiopia_e.pdf
  • http://www.who.int/gho/countries/eth.pdf
  • http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MALN.ZS

 

Health

• 47.6 years old is the average life expectancy in Ethiopia. (Italian Development Cooperation in Ethiopia)
• There are 0.03 doctors per 1,000 people. (Nation Master)
• 75% of the population is living with HIV/AIDS. (HIV In Site)
• 5.7% of births are attended by skilled heath staff. (Nation Master)
• The infant mortality rate is 112 per 1000 live births. (Italian Development Cooperation in Ethiopia)
• The overall health expenditure per capita amounts to 4.6USD, one sixth of the World Health Organization recommend minimum health expenditure. (Italian Development Cooperation in Ethiopia)
  • http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/global?page=cr09-et-00
  • http://www.nationmaster.com/red/country/et-ethiopia/hea-health&all=1
  • http://www.itacaddis.org/italy/index.cfm?fuseaction=basic_pages.basic_page&page_name=17

Education

• 45% of children are enrolled in primary school; 30% in secondary school. (UNICEF)
• 64% of adults are illiterate. (UNICEF)
• Ethiopia’s post-secondary enrollment rate is below 1%. Only 7.18% of this 1% are women. (International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA))
  • http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html#64
  • http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/profiles/Ethiopia.htm

Shelter

• 79% of the population is homeless or lives in substandard housing (UN)
• 85% of the houses are made of mud and stick or thatch walls have a dirt floor and only one or two rooms (Habitat for Humanity)(Visual Geography)
• The urban poor have no access to any kind of housing finance (Homeless International)
  • http://www.un.org/Conferences/habitat/unchs/press/500home.htm
  • http://www.habitat.org/intl/ame/66.aspx
  • http://www.visualgeography.com/categories/ethiopia/houses.html
  • http://www.homeless-international.org/standard_1.aspx?id=1:30550&id=0:27739&id=1:28482

Clothing

• Not wearing shoes heightens risk for hookworm disease, strongyloidiasis, podoconiosis and nonfililal elephanticisis and spreads parasites. (Yes, Inc.)
  • http://www.yesshoesinc.org/shoes_africa.htm

Ethiopia

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1113.html#entry_requirements

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia      

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/countries/ethiopia/

http://www.et.undp.org/

Communication

Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home

 Calling cards http://www.enjoyprepaid.com/calling-cards/calling-Ethiopia-from-United-States-1-96.html

           http://www.callingcardplus.com/phone-card/african-king-calling-card_183.html

Other Cool Organizations

Davis Moon Project http://www.davismoonproject.org/

Education in a box http://www.educationinabox.com/ 

Lobsters in the Rough http://lobstersintherough.wordpress.com/

Songs for Saplings http://www.songsforsaplings.com/

Souls for Jesus http://www.soulsforjesus.com/

Following Christ

Ambleside online http://www.amblesideonline.org/

Elim Bible institute http://elim.edu/

Elim gospel church http://www.elimgospel.net/

Keepers of the Home http://www.keeperofthehome.org/

Lord’s table web site http://www.settingcaptivesfree.com/courses/lords-table/

Raising godly tomatoes http://www.raisinggodlytomatoes.com/

Simply Charlotte Mason http://simplycharlottemason.com/

The Peaceful Solution Character Education Program peacefulsolution.org