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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Christmas Rewind
We spent Christmas at my parents' house in Durango and one of my closest friends from childhood flew out with her 2 kids. We had a fabulous time and a very snowy Chirstmas. Here are a few snaps from the trip.
All the kiddos at Christmas brunch. THE big hit this Christmas with all of the kids, especially Chris, The Marble Shoot. Yonas' first time swimming...NOT a success.
Hey -- yes, the kids and I flew out. We crashed the Studer Christmas! There was over 2 feet of snow in Durango. As for marbles, Chris definitely was engineering quite a marble chute. Darwin loves the one we have here at the house. It is highly recommended!
• 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.
2 comments:
How fun! Did Jill come out? I almost bought the marble run for Hannah...looks like I know what to get Chris now!
Hey -- yes, the kids and I flew out. We crashed the Studer Christmas! There was over 2 feet of snow in Durango. As for marbles, Chris definitely was engineering quite a marble chute. Darwin loves the one we have here at the house. It is highly recommended!
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