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TALAK TAEMER

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Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Eastern Africa near the Red Sea. It is the second most populous nation in Africa with close to 80 million people. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with over 44% of Ethiopia’s population living below the poverty line and almost two-thirds illiterate. Continuing food and water shortages cause high levels of malnutrition and the incidence of communicable diseases continues to rise. 

There are approximately 5-7 million orphans in Ethiopia. To give you some perspective, the population of New York City is about 8 million. This staggering number is as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the abject poverty. A significant number of orphans do not go to school and end up living on the street. They get caught up in child labor and worse, the sex trade.  
ONE IN 10 CHILDREN DIE BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY AND ONE IN SIX CHILDREN DIE BEFORE THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY.

The country is a land of natural contrasts with spectacular waterfalls and volcanic hot springs. Ethiopia has close historical ties to all three of the world’s major Abrahamic religions. It was one of the first Christian countries in the world. It still has a Christian majority, but one third of the population is Muslim. Until the 1980s a substantial population of Ethiopian Jews lived in Ethiopia. It is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious movement.

Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Eastern Africa near the Red Sea. It is the second most populous nation in Africa with close to 80 million people. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, and Kenya to the south.


Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with over 44% of Ethiopia’s population living below the poverty line and almost two-thirds illiterate. Continuing food and water shortages cause high levels of malnutrition and the incidence of communicable diseases continues to rise.


There are approximately 5-7 million orphans in Ethiopia. To give you some perspective, the population of New York City is about 8 million. This staggering number is as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the abject poverty. A significant number of orphans do not go to school and end up living on the street. They get caught up in child labor and worse, the sex trade. 

ONE IN 10 CHILDREN DIE BEFORE THEIR FIRST BIRTHDAY AND ONE IN SIX CHILDREN DIE BEFORE THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY.


The country is a land of natural contrasts with spectacular waterfalls and volcanic hot springs. Ethiopia has close historical ties to all three of the world’s major Abrahamic religions. It was one of the first Christian countries in the world. It still has a Christian majority, but one third of the population is Muslim. Until the 1980s a substantial population of Ethiopian Jews lived in Ethiopia. It is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari religious movement.