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Key facts about Ethiopia
Ethiopia contains one of the largest concentrations of poor people on the planet and ranks 169 out of 177 countries in the United Nation’s Human Development Report.
31 million people live on less than half a dollar a day and between 6 and 13 million people are at risk of starvation each year. Poverty in Ethiopia affects most of the population: 81% of at least 70 million people live below a poverty line of $2 a day.
In an average year, 5 to 6 million people seek food aid in poverty-stricken Ethiopia.
GOAL in Ethiopia
We conduct nutritional surveys, carry out targeted food distributions,
provide specialised feeding to the most vulnerable - especially
to children under 5 – and provide training to local
health staff and communities in emergency nutrition responses.
GOAL’s street children’s program in Addis Ababa
has two drop-in centers providing access to healthcare (including
HIV/AIDS support), meals, counselling, education, sport, washing
facilities, and recreation activities for children. Five night
shelters provide over 200 bed spaces for vulnerable, homeless
children. Our child protection program in Nazareth town
offers practical support to poor children and their families.
GOAL targets girls and boys by providing for their basic needs – shelter, food, health care and education with the aim of reintegrating them back into their families or community and mainstream education. GOAL also supports peer housing for older youth. These youth are then supported in either vocational skills training or in setting up small businesses in order to improve their livelihoods.
Our Livelihoods Programs in Sidama and West Hararghe provide
training for health workers; healthcare, water and sanitation,
infrastructure rehabilitation, aswell as promoting improved
agricultural production and emergency preparedness activities.
In Sidama, a Community Conversations HIV/AIDS prevention program
is underway and this is currently being expanded to include
voluntary counselling and testing and Home Based Care. Similarly, GOAL provides training for Department of Health staff and community members on nutritional care of People living with HIV/AIDS.
The GOAL livelihoods support program in Borana focuses
on improving community health, access to water and education
for pastoralists.
Accolades to GOAL Ethiopia
‘I’ve seen GOAL and the way they work in Africa and these people are the real hero’s – much more than actors, much more than rock n’ roll stars – they represent their country better than any of us here can…I just want to thank them.’
U2’s front man Bono’s tribute to aid workers during his acceptance speech for the Humanitarian Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards on March 3rd 2003. He gave €50,000 from his award money to GOAL.
A Glimmer of hope in Ethiopia
Ronan Scully, Galway Independent, 26th March 2007 (read more)
GOAL responds to floods in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia
Media Statement, 8th August 2006 (read
more)
"No water, no rain. We can't feed the animals"
Simon Roughneen writes in The Village, 27th April
2006 (read the article)
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