I’m Starving!

¾ of Ethiopians One meal a day

Government 2 billion dollars Politics come first “The leader of true visionary greatness

so desperately needed today has not yet emerged”

Addis AbabaMedium- sized town in the U.S.5% Urban- farming community.

Irrigated- Less than 3,000Running water in homes Each family must take bucketsWashing and food preparation

Climate

Lowlands: 82° F Mostly desert Popular desert- Danakil Desert

› Daytime temp. averages 120° F› Worldwide

United Nations rankings

2/3 of the population lives on less than $1 a day

Tourist’s effect on the people

Food Resources

Ethiopia grows 85% of food Out of season- no food available Food Aid

• Not enough food in the country•Worldwide- 3,500 calories

•50% of the most needy children (about 300,000 kids)

Economy

Average household- $90 60- 65% of the population is

below poverty line Parents have a very hard time

providing

Life Expectancy:› 40.6 male› 39.22 female

Literacy › 45.5% male› 25.3% female

Ethiopian Homes

Huts- Protection Family cows, chickens, goats One room Materials made by hand Animal Skin Furniture: table and stool

Health Care

95% lack adequate health care

3 day journey 1:75,000

› One of the worst in the world

Severely malnourished have:› Bloated faces› Swollen heads› Distended stomachs

Health Care

Poverty leads to unsanitary conditions

Malnutrition, infections, and other diseases

High mortality rate

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“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for

those which he has”-Epictetus, Greek philosopher-

“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for

granted”Aldous Huxley- Author

Citations

http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids98/ethiopia2.html  http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html#0  http://www.nationmaster.com/country/et-ethiopia  http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01259/statistics_on_ethiopian_povert

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

Ethiopia, Countries of the World

Ethiopia, Modern Nations of the World

Ethiopia, Enchantment of the World

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