Our Family through adoption: Embassy Appointment

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Embassy Appointment

We received an e-mail this morning with the sweetest news- We have a confirmed Embassy Appointment on June 23! We are finalizing our travel plans. In less than two weeks we will be in Ethiopia with Merone.

3 comments:

The Annessa Family said...: I just LOVE that little face <3

Brooke Annessa
www.theannessafamily.blogspot.com; June 9, 2011 at 8:34 PM
Carpenters said...: Such a cutie! So happy that you have an Embassy Appointment!; June 13, 2011 at 8:03 PM
Unknown said...: She is so darling, Congratulations!!; June 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM

Facts about Ethiopia

Total population: 77 million

The average income in Ethiopia is US$100 a year. Almost 82% of the population lives on less than $1 a day.

Malnutrition levels are among the highest in the world.

The average life expectancy is 43 years.Ethiopia is home to 4 million orphans, or 12% of all children.

More than half a million of these were orphaned as a result of AIDS.

Literacy rate: 42.7% age 15 and over can read and write.

Only 18 percent of children reach grade five.

Ethiopia's neonatal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world - 49/1000 births with tetanus infection being the second major cause of infant/neonatal death.

Statistics are from the CIA, Save the children, WHO and UNICEF websites.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Embassy Appointment

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