Bringing Macy Home: Minus One

Why Ethiopia?

• One in six children die before their fifth birthday
• 44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old
• 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
• The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years
• 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world)
• 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia.
• Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa
• In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%)
• Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals)
• Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school.
• Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002.
• Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000.
• In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Minus One

Although the National Orphan Sunday was last Sunday, our church celebrated today. We thought it was a perfect day to wear our fundraiser t-shirts. And OF COURSE I had to snap some pictures before we loaded up the van and headed to church. There's AT LEAST 147 Million Orphans in the world. Minus One! Have YOU ever hurt for the plight of the orphan? We are SO honored that God broke our hearts for what breaks His. Look at this precious child of His! Look what we have been blessed with because we did what HE WANTED US TO DO! What a HUGE GIFT we have received for just being OBEDIENT!
There's 147 Million more out there folks!

Have a great week!
Oh, and P.S.: I love the pics of Macy and Hootie. Because that is SOOOO their relationship. They love each other, but he totally drives her crazy.