Why Ethiopia?

- An estimated 6 million children are orphaned in a country twice the size of Texas

- One in ten children living in Ethiopia die before their first birthday

- One in six children die before their fifth birthday

- Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000

- Over half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school

- 88% or more will never attend secondary school

- 82% of Ethiopians live on less than $1 a day and this number is growing

- In Ethiopia, only 24% of households have access to safe drinking water

this is only some of the many facts about Ethiopia just search orphans in Ethiopia and look at pictures and read stories of people who have visited or lived there then you won’t have to ask us why…

“Once our eyes are opened, we can’t pretend we don’t know what to do. 

God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls,

knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act.” Proverbs 24:12