Young Woman

Growing up quickly: Ethiopia's Child Headed Households

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November 7th 2008
Intellectually we all understand that poverty and disease makes life miserable for people, but the following study results help us better understand these facts. Through my work I am learning how devastating extreme poverty really is to people who are just trying to survive another day. Largely as an effect of the AIDS pandemic and the weak national infrastructure for dealing with social servi ... read more

Africa » Ethiopia » Addis Ababa Region » Addis Ababa

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Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (wh... ... read more