Why Ethiopia?

• Why Ethiopia?

  Ethiopia is ranked by the UN as one of the four poorest countries in the world.
  The average annual income is less than $160.
  In Ethiopia, 1 out of every 10 children is an orphan.
  In 2008, 650,000 children were orphaned by AIDS alone.
  In 2007, 197 people died per day due to AIDS (71,902 annual).
  The average Ethiopian woman gives birth to 5.9 children.
  1 in 10 children die before their first birthday; 1 in 6 die before age five.
  More than half of those deaths are attributed to malnutrition.
  There is 1 physician for every 34,988 people.
  Girls age 15-19 are seven times more likely to be infected by AIDS than boys of the same age.