Our Journey to our Ethiopian Princess: Hasina's first b-day

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Hasina's first b-day

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: happy birthday!! she is SO beautiful!!; September 13, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Andrew and Kim said...: Looks like Hasina had a great time celebrating! What beautiful and happy kiddos you've got!; September 14, 2009 at 12:24 PM
The Mercer Family said...: She is so beautiful. I wish that I lived closer so that all of our kiddos would grow up together. Hopefully we will get to Albuquerque in December and we will get to see you guys.; September 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM
Julie said...: Happy birthday sweet baby Hasina!; September 17, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Brandy said...: I love that picture of you and Hasina, Robin!! Beautiful!!; October 7, 2009 at 9:31 PM

ETHIOPIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Life expectancy: 42 years old

Population subsisting below $2/day - close to 80%
Average births per woman: 6.14
Deaths from pregnancy/abortion related: 1 in 7
Women dying from TB is 96 per 100,000

Children dying from AIDS: 1 in 16
Percentage of AIDS cases in the world: 7%

Female genital mutilation: >80%
Women experiencing rape: 25%

Newborns dying before age one - 1 in 10
Children dying before age 5 - 1 in 6
Orphans - 4 million
Children under 5 stunted from malnutrition - >50%

Literacy 41%
for women 26.4%
High school attendance for females 8.5%

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Hasina's first b-day

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