I’m Starving!
Government 2 billion dollars Politics come first “The leader of true visionary greatness
so desperately needed today has not yet emerged”
Addis AbabaMedium- sized town in the U.S.5% Urban- farming community.
Irrigated- Less than 3,000Running water in homes Each family must take bucketsWashing and food preparation
Climate
Lowlands: 82° F Mostly desert Popular desert- Danakil Desert
› Daytime temp. averages 120° F› Worldwide
United Nations rankings
2/3 of the population lives on less than $1 a day
Tourist’s effect on the people
• Not enough food in the country•Worldwide- 3,500 calories
•50% of the most needy children (about 300,000 kids)
Economy
Average household- $90 60- 65% of the population is
below poverty line Parents have a very hard time
providing
Ethiopian Homes
Huts- Protection Family cows, chickens, goats One room Materials made by hand Animal Skin Furniture: table and stool
Health Care
Poverty leads to unsanitary conditions
Malnutrition, infections, and other diseases
High mortality rate
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for
those which he has”-Epictetus, Greek philosopher-
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for
granted”Aldous Huxley- Author
Citations
http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/kids98/ethiopia2.html http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ethiopia_statistics.html#0 http://www.nationmaster.com/country/et-ethiopia http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01259/statistics_on_ethiopian_povert
y.htm https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/et.html
Ethiopia, Countries of the World
Ethiopia, Modern Nations of the World
Ethiopia, Enchantment of the World
Ethiopia, Corrigan