Follow us from Colorado to Ethiopia to China and back again!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
It's never TOO early
Yonas enjoyed his first Steeler game at the Steeler bar in Breck today and cheered the Steelers on to victory! He loved seeing everyone in their Steeler gear and loved it even more when Willie Parker scored 3 touchdowns:) We are hoping that he will have Polamalu hair, what do you think?
We definitely have to get together for a Steeler game one of these weekends. After watching her first game yesterday, Lidya said her favorite player is Hines Ward, but she likes Troy's hair too :)
• One in ten children die before their first birthday • One in six children die before their fifth birthday • 44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old • 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition • The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years • 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world) • 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia. • Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa • In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%) • Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals) • Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school. • Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002. • Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000. • In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.
3 comments:
Too cute. I hope all is well.
Cathy
Hi,
I just found your blog. Congrats on your new Ethiopia baby.
It looks like you are also adopting from China.......us too.
Well, maybe!
We definitely have to get together for a Steeler game one of these weekends. After watching her first game yesterday, Lidya said her favorite player is Hines Ward, but she likes Troy's hair too :)
Shawn
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