Ethiopia

I have already come to love the beautiful country of Ethiopia and its people. It is situated near the Red Sea and is surrounded by the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan in Eastern Africa. Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world. In fact, the oldest remains ever found (a woman given the name "Lucy") was recently unearthed there. Ethiopia is also the poorest country in the world. It's population is approximately 75,000,000, half of which are under the age of 20.

Ethiopia's seasons are different from ours. I am hoping to travel in October or November which is their Spring. Summer begins in January and I will definitely want to miss that! It's calendar system is also different from ours. They have 12 months of 30 days each and then a 13th month with 5 or 6 days. The beginning of each of their months begin in the middle of ours.

I am looking forward to traveling there and meeting the people. To see some incredible photos of the country, people and its beautiful orphans, go to http://www.whfc.org/ - click on Adoption Programs / Ethiopia / individually on 2007 Photos and 2008 photos.