Demographics
Healthcare is a major issue in Ethiopia, eclipsing the United States. "According to the head of the World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program, Ethiopia has 1 medical doctor for every 100,000 people."6 The majority of the communicable diseases originates from poor sanitation and / or malnutrition. Almost everyone practices organized religion. Christians make up 62.8% of the country's population, of that 43.5% is Ethiopian Orthodox; 33.9% Muslim; 3.3% other.7
Ethiopia has 84 indigenous languages. The quality of education varies. Today, rural education is regionlized, having the children learn their regional language.8 Some children may never progress from elementary school.
Although the statistics may sound grim, the reality is the people of Ethiopia are a positive group recovering from civil war. Furthermore, its potential energy is becoming kinetic; industry and productivity is increasing every day. There is no other place that is as dynamic as Ethiopia. With the future execution of H.A.P.P.Y.'s goal to bring water treatment facilities to all 11 regions, Ethiopia will soon be noticed as a world-class place to be.
2. "Ethiopia is top choice for cradle of Homo sapiens." Nature. 16 February 2005. http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050214/full/050214-10.html Retreived 2008-02-02.
3. Lucy. ASU. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Lifescience/ PhysicalAnthropology/HumanFossils/Lucy/Lucy.htm. Retreived 2009-08-22.
4. Holy Bible, Maccabees 2:4-10
5. Iqd al-Durar fi Akbar al-Imam al-Muntadhar, by Shaikh Jamaluddin Yusuf al Damishqi, p. 51-a
6. BBC, The World Today, 24 July 2007
7. 2007 Census, [1] PDF (51.7KB). Retreived 2009-05-03.
8. Damtew Teferra and Philip G. Altbach, eds., African Higher Education: An International Reference Handbook Indiana University Press, 2003), pp. 316-325
Quick Facts provided by the 2007 Census.
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