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Sponsor a child in Africa
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for the price of a cup of coffee a day
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to meet children's unmet needs.
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Bring a smile to someone's face
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and change lives forever!
Ethiopia is perhaps best remembered for the images from the drought of
1994-1995 that affected around eight million people, with one million of them
dying of starvation. Never a colony, it was ruled for over forty years by the
Emperor Hailie Selassis and then a military junta until 1991. Wars
with neighbours continued over boundary disputes
and these are currently on hold although relations with neighbouring Eritrea
remain particularly fractious and unstable. Ethiopia is in 173rd place out of 186 countries and
territories in 2013 when ranked in terms of life
expectancy, literacy, access to knowledge and the living
standards of a country.
In Ethiopia one
of of every six children dies before reaching their fifth birthday, most
suffer from malnutrition, 70% of all children there don't have access to
primary education and only 11% have access to safe water, with even less
having proper sanitation facilities. 44% of all Ethiopian children grow up in
abject poverty and few of them can expect to see their fiftieth birthday. It is hard to
believe that 650,000 children in Ethiopia have been orphaned by AIDS, with a
further 92,000 children under the age of 15yrs infected themselves. In total
there are a staggering four million child orphans in Ethiopia, and is estimated
that a further 200,000 children are becoming orphaned there every year.
Part of this is
because one in four Ethiopian women die during pregnancy or childbirth, a figure
exacerbated by the fact that only 6% of all births are attended to by a suitably
qualified and knowledgeable health professional, partly because those who do get
educated move abroad to earn their money. For example, there are more Ethiopian
trained doctors living in Chicago than in the whole of the country. Child sponsor
programs in Ethiopia focus on improving water access and food security,
strengthening health services and providing support to children to stay at
school as well as caring for orphaned and abandoned children. You can make a
difference when you sponsor a child in Ethiopia.
A child sponsor program where you can exchange cards, letters and photos with your sponsored child.
Your sponsorship will ensure a child has enough to eat, a safe place to live and attend school.
Sponsor a child and make a positive change in the life of a child and their family in Ethiopia.
Sponsor a child in Ethiopia with Compassion and help, feed, educate and provide medical care.
Sponsor an orphan or vulnerable child
at the Ziway or Adami Tulu Schools in
rural Ethiopia.
Sponsor an orphan in Ethiopia today
and ensure they have the resources
they need to thrive!
A sponsor program with the opportunity for a more personal relationship through visits and letters.
List your child sponsor in Ethiopia
project here for free by filling out this
form and get listed!
List your child sponsor in Ethiopia
project here for free by filling out this
form and get listed!
Get your Ethiopian child sponsor
program listed in this online African child sponsor directory for free!
All the latest news about children in Africa, their circumstances, children's right developments and legal issues.
Sponsor an African child for less than the cost of a daily newspaper with our child sponsor programs.
Mainly African, we also extend our listings to other children in need who live in Haiti, Yemen and Gaza.
