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=**Africa Country Research**=

media type="custom" key="3711259" Storyboard Bibliography In doing your research visit both of the following two websites to obtain information about your country:

http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_region.php?contid=1&wmn=Africa https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

HDI factors in life expectancy, literacy, and purchasing power. Ethiopia has a low HDI. ||
 * Name of country || Ethiopia ||
 * Population size || 76,500,000 ||
 * Per capita GDP || $1,055 ||
 * Main exports || coffee, qat, gold, leather products, live animals, and oilseeds ||
 * Main imports || food and live animals, oil and oil products, chemicals, machinery, cereals, and textiles ||
 * Resources || gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, and hydropower ||
 * Main ethnic groups || Oromo, Amara, Tigraway, Somalie, Guragie, Sidama, Welaita, other ||
 * Primary religions || Christian (Orthodox and Protestant), Muslim, traditional, and other ||
 * Unemployment rate || NA ||
 * Infant mortality rate || 82.64/1,000 (overall pop.)-94.08/1,000 (male)-70.87/1,000 (female) ||
 * Life expectancy || 55 years (overall pop.)-53 years (male)-57 years (female) ||
 * Literacy rate || 42.7% (overall pop.)- 50.3% (male)- 35.1% (female) ||
 * Human Development Index (HDI) || The measure of economic and social well-being in Ethiopia is .406 (on a scale of 0 to 1, 1 being the highest)

Ethiopia has a large population with a very low per capita GDP, and it is considered a developing country. It has many precious metals and minerals and some fuels and energy sources. It exports mostly coffee, oilseeds, qat, gold, and leather products as well as live animals, and its per capita GDP is very low. It imports mostly food and live animals, as well as oil and its products, chemicals, machinery, cereals, and textiles, since they cannot make them with Ethiopia's natural resources. Ethiopia has many ethnic groups and is mostly either of Christian, Muslim, or traditional religion. Ethiopia's people have high infant mortality rates and low life expectancy rates, which suggest that the people are not as healthy as they should or could be andnthat they could use doctors and cleaner sanitation. Also, Ethiopia's literacy rate is low, and shows that Ethiopians have a lack of education. Ethiopia has a low HDI, so the social and economic well-being in Ethiopia is not very good. Ethiopia is in need of health, education, and economic assistance.

1. How long has the organization been in existence? Link Ethiopia has been in operation for thirteen years.

2. Who founded it? It was Dr. Challoner, who formed the base for the organization with his grammar school in Amersham, which is in south England.

3. Where is it headquartered? In Ethiopia, the main office is in Gondar, Ethiopia. In the UK, Link Ethiopia is based in London, England.

4. What is its purpose? Link Ethiopia's aim is to provide education for children from ages seven to twelve. It also hopes to foster positive communication between different cultures.

5. Does it provide assistance just to Africa, or is it active around the world? It provides assistance to Ethiopia, but also is in the UK, not providing assistance but communication links with Africa.

6. Which problem(s) is it addressing in Africa? It is addressing the big lack of education in Africa, the lack of school supplies in many schools in Ethiopia, and the shortage on clean water and working toilets.

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

8. How does the organization raise money for its efforts? Link Ethiopia raises funds from individual donations, regular giving, trust and institution support, special events, school fundraising, and merchandising.

9. What is your organization's budget? Link Ethiopia does not say what its budget is.

10. How much of the money it collects for Africa is used for overhead (expenses)? Link Ethiopia tries to minimize administration costs, and employs only one Ethiopia staff member and one UK member (the rest work voluntarily) in order to have as much money as possible go towards their work.

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? Link Ethiopia is described as "independent and free-standing," and its employees are "very enthusiastic."

12. How would you rate your organization's efforts? Has it done "a good job?" I think Link Ethiopia has done a good job with its work because they provide the quality education, clean water and toilets, and resourcing that schools need so badly for their teachers and students.

13. Do you think donating money to your organization is worthwhile? I think donating money to Link Ethiopia is worthwhile because it educates kids who someday may become the doctors and teachers Ethiopia needs, it provides the schools that educate the kids many resources, and it also provides clean, healthy water and sanitation that helps keep the students and teachers healthy.