a few statistics...

• Ethiopia's doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000
  
• One in ten children die before their first birthday
  
• One in six children die before their fifth birthday
  
• There are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia
  
• 720,000 children have been orphaned by aids alone
  
• 1.5 million people in Ethiopia are infected with HIV
  
• 60 percent of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition
  
• Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school
  
• 88 percent will never attend a secondary school