Targeted+Community

Our targeted community is the country named Ethiopia, which is part of Eastern Africa, west of Somalia. The total area of Ethiopia is 1,104,300 sq km and its capital is Addis Ababa. Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a short-lived Italian occupation from 1936-41. Ethiopia is populated with 90,873,739 people a population growth rate of 3.194%. The country suffers from outbreaks of HIV/AIDS and people within the country have an average life expectancy of 56.19 years. Not only does Ethiopia suffer from problems of HIV/AIDS, Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, accounting for almost 45% of GDP, and 85% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices.

