~13% of Ethiopian children are missing one or both parents. This represents an estimated 4.6 million children – 800,000 of whom were orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
~In Addis Ababa more than 30% of girls aged 10-14 are not living with their parents. 20% of these 30% have run away from child marriages.
~12% of adolescents aged 10-14 – of the 30% not living with their parents – surveyed in two areas of Addis Ababa were domestic workers. They are very young, very vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, and typically have no legal or social support.
~ In the Amhara region, the average age of marriage for girls is 14, while at the national level the mean age for marriage is 17.
photo and stats from this website
* Pray for an end to HIV/AIDS and poverty in Ethiopia. I know. This is a huge request. But we serve a huge God who delights in answering prayer for the oppressed, the poor, and the sick.
*As UNICEF's goals state, let's pray for the strengthening of extended families to take in these children, for communities to be mobilized and responsible to help, and for the government to protect the most vulnerable children by providing essential policies and services.
* Pray for these children's protection from evil men who would seek to traffic them for ill gotton gain.
* Pray that God will meet all of these children's needs, bring them into loving families, and most of all save them by His amazing grace.
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