Palms for Life Fund - Priority Countries

Ethiopia

Population: 88,013,491
Gross National Income per capita: US$900
Infant mortality rate (per thousand): 78.99
Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000): 850
Life expectancy at birth: 55.8 years
Literacy rate: 42.7%
School life expectancy: 8 years

Ethiopia

Ethiopia — once the land of the earliest human beings, now a modern country of diverse cultures — has known war, famine and crippling poverty in its long history. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, with almost half the population living on 47 US cents per day.

Scarcity of water remains one of the most troubling issues in the country, impeding not only physical well-being and food production, but also education and social progress.

11 percent of Ethiopians have access to potable water, and only 4 percent have access to sanitation. In both rural and urban areas, people are compelled to use water contaminated by animal and human waste. Water-borne diseases have little to check their spread, and epidemics occur frequently.

Water scarcity severely affects agricultural and livestock production as well. Consider the immense reality that statement wraps: 83 percent of Ethiopians live in rural areas, and agriculture accounts for 85 percent of all employment.

Reinforcing the magnitude of the problem, desertification and frequent droughts add to farmers' and pastoralists' challenges. With each difficult season, their capacity to cope with crop failures and falling livestock productivity is further lessened.

Low availability of water has far-reaching social implications. Women and children spend hours each day fetching water—time diverted from economically gainful activities and childcare. Girls walk to remote water sources, risking abduction and rape, and sacrificing hours of school.

In Ethiopia, Palms for Life Fund will develop infrastructure to provide access to clean water and sanitation facilities.

Sources:
CIA World Factbook: Ethiopia
Palms for Life Fund – USAID Ethiopia Concept Note
UNICEF Ethiopia: Water, Environment and Sanitation
World Health Organization: Ethiopia: Mortality Country Fact Sheet

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