One of the biggest challenges facing Ethiopia is the high prevalence of HIV. UNAIDS estimates that 15 per cent of the population of Addis Ababa are HIV positive. This has resulted in many thousands of orphans and single parent families.
AFAP’s Australian Community Partner, Hope for Children, is working in Ethiopia running a series of programs which ensure that orphans and other vulnerable children have access to basic services and that they have someone to support and care for them…
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… like this trained housemother who cares for several orphaned children in a house supported by HFC in Addis Ababa |
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Ethiopia
Landlocked 1 m sq km (just a bit smaller than the Northern Territory)
Population: about 75 million (the second most populous African country)
Poverty Report
Human Development Index for 2006: ranked 170 out of 177 countries
Percentage of population living on less than $2/day: 78%
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