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ETHIOPIA
By An Le
Image Source: http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ethiopia.jpg
Ethiopian Street Children
Image Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_underground_children/img/3.jpg
Information Source: http://www.cyc-net.org/today2002/today020117.html, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_30783.html,
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_21759.html, http://www.childhope.org.uk/article.asp?id=531
•Ethiopia has one of the largest
population of orphans in the world.
•Many children were left orphans by
famine, conflict and other diseases
that claimed their parents lives, but
there is a steady increase in children
orphaned because of AIDS.
•There are 5 million school age children
that are not attending school
approximately 3 million are girls.
• 95% of girls that live on the street
have been sexually exploited.
•There are more 60,000 street children
living in the Ethiopian capital.
Treatment of Refugees
Image Source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/lon-un/un_era/unhcr/docs/hcrph005.jpg
Information Source: http://www.ethiopiaseri.org/ , http://www.msf.or.jp/info/pressreport/pdf/YemenReport.pdf,
•There is a large number of Ethiopian
refugees spread out across the world.
•In 2008 due to escalating conflict and food
crisis over 20,000 Somalis and Ethiopians
crossed the Gulf of Aden , many that
survive the dangerous journey are
exhausted and emotionally shattered.
•Ethiopian refugees inYemen, Libya, and
Sudan ado not get the same treatment
that other refugees would receive.
•Many times the treatment of Ethiopian
refugees are so unfair that they are sent
back to Ethiopia.
Hunger and Poverty
Image Source: http://i.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1987/1101871221_400.jpg
Information Source: http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2005/wb-eth-28feb.pdf,
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_14_117/ai_62087417/?tag=content;col1
•Over 50% of Ethiopia’s population live on or under
the poverty line and suffer with poverty and
hunger.
•In 2003 13 million people needed international
assistance as opposed to the average 5million even
though the Ethiopian government made their own
efforts to address the poverty and hunger issue.
•Access to food on a regular basis is regularly
denied to about one third of the population.
•In 2000 Ethiopia was ranked as the 4th poorest
country in the world.
•Relief experts say as many as 800,000 people are
threatened with starvation, and if the problem
continues it can turn into a famine where as many
as 8 million people could be affected.
Unique and Interesting Demographics
Image Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mursi_woman.jpg/450px-Mursi_woman.jpg
Information Source: http://www.indexmundi.com/ethiopia/demographics_profile.html ,
•46.1% of Ethiopia’s population is between the ages
of 0-14, 51.2% are between the ages of 15-64 and
only 2.7 % of the population is 65 or older.
•Ethiopia is full of different nationalities, peoples,
and linguistic groups that altogether speak over 80
different languages (12 Semitic, 22Cushitic, 18
Omotic, and 18 Nilo-Saharan Languages).
•Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in
the world , having less than 14 % urbanized in 1994.
•(Photo)The Mursi tribe live in Southern Ethiopia
and the women split their lower lip and insert a
round metal plate.

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Ethiopia

  • 1. ETHIOPIA By An Le Image Source: http://blog.hotelclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ethiopia.jpg
  • 2. Ethiopian Street Children Image Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_underground_children/img/3.jpg Information Source: http://www.cyc-net.org/today2002/today020117.html, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_30783.html, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_21759.html, http://www.childhope.org.uk/article.asp?id=531 •Ethiopia has one of the largest population of orphans in the world. •Many children were left orphans by famine, conflict and other diseases that claimed their parents lives, but there is a steady increase in children orphaned because of AIDS. •There are 5 million school age children that are not attending school approximately 3 million are girls. • 95% of girls that live on the street have been sexually exploited. •There are more 60,000 street children living in the Ethiopian capital.
  • 3. Treatment of Refugees Image Source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/lon-un/un_era/unhcr/docs/hcrph005.jpg Information Source: http://www.ethiopiaseri.org/ , http://www.msf.or.jp/info/pressreport/pdf/YemenReport.pdf, •There is a large number of Ethiopian refugees spread out across the world. •In 2008 due to escalating conflict and food crisis over 20,000 Somalis and Ethiopians crossed the Gulf of Aden , many that survive the dangerous journey are exhausted and emotionally shattered. •Ethiopian refugees inYemen, Libya, and Sudan ado not get the same treatment that other refugees would receive. •Many times the treatment of Ethiopian refugees are so unfair that they are sent back to Ethiopia.
  • 4. Hunger and Poverty Image Source: http://i.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1987/1101871221_400.jpg Information Source: http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/2005/wb-eth-28feb.pdf, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1058/is_14_117/ai_62087417/?tag=content;col1 •Over 50% of Ethiopia’s population live on or under the poverty line and suffer with poverty and hunger. •In 2003 13 million people needed international assistance as opposed to the average 5million even though the Ethiopian government made their own efforts to address the poverty and hunger issue. •Access to food on a regular basis is regularly denied to about one third of the population. •In 2000 Ethiopia was ranked as the 4th poorest country in the world. •Relief experts say as many as 800,000 people are threatened with starvation, and if the problem continues it can turn into a famine where as many as 8 million people could be affected.
  • 5. Unique and Interesting Demographics Image Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mursi_woman.jpg/450px-Mursi_woman.jpg Information Source: http://www.indexmundi.com/ethiopia/demographics_profile.html , •46.1% of Ethiopia’s population is between the ages of 0-14, 51.2% are between the ages of 15-64 and only 2.7 % of the population is 65 or older. •Ethiopia is full of different nationalities, peoples, and linguistic groups that altogether speak over 80 different languages (12 Semitic, 22Cushitic, 18 Omotic, and 18 Nilo-Saharan Languages). •Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in the world , having less than 14 % urbanized in 1994. •(Photo)The Mursi tribe live in Southern Ethiopia and the women split their lower lip and insert a round metal plate.