Ethiopia has a very rich culture and the country, people, and children are absolutely beautiful. When looking for a country to adopt from, those are some of the things we considered but we also found the following statistics that truly touched our hearts:
- Ethiopia is about twice the size of Texas has an estimated 4.3 million orphans
- 46.3% is under the age of 14
- Literacy rate is only 30%
- Average income $380 per year
- Only 26% have access to safe water
- Life expectancy- 59 years
- There are .022 physicians for every 1000 people
Data collected at these 3 locations:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook//geos/et.html
http://www.awaa.org/programs/ethiopia/default.aspx
http://www.worldvision.org/content.nsf/6d1210430917461d8825735a007e2f2b/world-vision-ethiopia!OpenDocument&Click=
Tonya! What a lovely blog. It has been wonderful to browse a bit and learn about your story. This is Amy from Treasures In Jars of Clay blog and I would be delighted if you would use any post or potion of it. I LOVE your hair, it is beautiful.
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Amy