Two more boys a world away...follow our adoption journey to find and bring them home
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Pan Africa Market
My best girlfriends came to Seattle for the weekend. We had a blast. They were so kind and let me share some Ethiopian food with them. It is growing on me. It is actually quite spicy.
* One out of every 20 children born alive die in their first month of life * One out of ten die before reaching their first birthday * One out of six die before reaching their fifth birthday * Ethiopia is about twice the size of Texas, has approximately 75-77 million people, and between 4-5 million orphans (6 million expected in 2010) * Experts predict more than 25-50 million orphans in Africa by 2010 (that's just next year) * Half of all children will never attend school * 88% will never attend secondary school * The median age is 18 * 44% of the population is under 15 years old * 2.7 million people in Ethiopia are infected with AIDS * 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone * Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
i just read all your posts and i want to adopt now!! well not right now, but eventually. someday i will call you about the whole long process. :)
ReplyDeletei can't wait for you to get your boys home!