ETHIOPIA ........

 

 

......... Ethiopia is a country where more than 90 million people live in cultural harmony. The number of the population and the acceleration in development have created the power and opportunity to observe various needs of society in general and children and adolescents in particular, as the largest part of society consists of them.

 

 

Ethiopia is a very young society. More than 50 percent of the population is younger than 18 years. The proportion of those older than 64 is only about 2.8 percent.

As a result, according to estimates, Ethiopia is still some 15 years away from the demographic dividend, which is conducive to economic growth, as the Ethiopian government, like those of other states with a high proportion of young economically dependent, has a relatively large share of their resources dedicated. This inhibits the country's economic power despite predictable growth forecasts.

 

There are more children than before with fewer opportunities.

 

To alleviate poverty, children from poor families often travel to cities. However, they do not experience any improvement in their condition as they live mainly on the street and have no access to education and schooling. Without the chance of education, however, they again have no chance to improve their situation.

 

Due to the hopeless situation, many young people come up with the idea to leave their homeland with the hope to find their luck in the distance and take a dangerous way to reach western countries of Europe. They long for the paradise in the west that they do not even know. But arrived here, they must first take disappointment. Many do not make the long journey.

 

The project of the project SunEko is to save such human lives and to show them also alternative possibilities in their country. The project is currently reaching 40 children and adolescents in the city of Adama. A long-term goal is to include more children and young people in the program, or to expand the concept in many other regions of Ethiopia.