Do It for the Orphans: Merry Christmas

Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!! We love you all. Some of you have expressed an interest in donating items for us to take to the kids when we go to Kombolcha. We are working to get care packages for each child and getting our lessons ready...we will have our list more compiled in January after our next 2 phone conferences. More to come to soon.... Happy Holidays and Happy Birthday Jesus---Deanna and Derek

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Facts about Ethiopia

Total population: 77 million

The average income in Ethiopia is US$100 a year. Almost 82% of the population lives on less than $1 a day.

Malnutrition levels are among the highest in the world.

The average life expectancy is 43 years.Ethiopia is home to 4 million orphans, or 12% of all children.

More than half a million of these were orphaned as a result of AIDS.

Literacy rate: 42.7% age 15 and over can read and write.

Only 18 percent of children reach grade five.

Ethiopia's neonatal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world - 49/1000 births with tetanus infection being the second major cause of infant/neonatal death.

Statistics are from the CIA, Save the children, WHO and UNICEF websites.

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Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas

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