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=**Africa Country Research**= media type="custom" key="3711303" Storyboard Bibliography The Hunger Project's main goal in Ethiopia is to help the poor citizens in many ways. 78% of Ethiopia lives on less than $2 a day, so that leaves lots of space for organizations to help out. THP currently has 39,000 members working to help out in Ethiopia. THP works in 5 main epicenters in Ethiopia.
 * Name of country: Ethiopia ||  ||
 * Population size: 83 Million ||  ||
 * Per capita GDP: 800$ ||  ||
 * Main exports: Coffee, Gold, Leather Products. ||  ||
 * Main imports: Live Animals, Petroleum, Chemicals, Machinery. ||  ||
 * Resources: Gold, Platinum, Copper, Natural Gas. ||  ||
 * Main ethnic groups: Oromo, Amara, Tigraway, Somalic. ||  ||
 * Primary religions: Christian, Muslim, Traditional. ||  ||
 * Unemployment rate: NA ||  ||
 * Infant mortality rate: 83/1000 ||  ||
 * Life expectancy: 55 ||  ||
 * Literacy rate: 43% ||  ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI): 0.406 ||  ||

THP has many goals to achieve in Ethiopia. Their first is to give people food security, meaning that at times when there are food shortages people can go to food banks and get food for free. Their second goal is to improve health and hygiene. This means helping pregnant women, giving people immunizations, teaching people better hygiene, and providing family planning and HIV/AIDS awarness classes. Their final goal is microfinancing. This is very similar to Kiva's plan. People donate money to provide loans for local people in poverty. THp allows people to pay the loans back slowly and the repayment rate is almost 98%.

1. How long has the organization been in existence?

32 years

2. Who founded it?

Werther Erhard and Robert W. Fuller

3. Where is it headquartered?

New York, New York

4. What is its purpose?

To end world hunger.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world?

Active around the world

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa?

Hunger and poverty.

7. Does it provide assistance to just one or several countries in Africa?

8 countries

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts?

Donations.

9. What is your organization's budget?

NA

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)?

25%

11. Have the reviews of your organization's efforts been favorable or critical, i.e., what kind of a "report card" has it been getting?

The Hunger Project has currently gotten a critical report card, saying the foundation has many faults.

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?"

3/5 I don’t think this company is doing a great job in their effort to stop hunger.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile?

No, I think they use too much of their money for uses other than what it’s intended for.