Why Ethiopia?

We get the question "why Ethiopia" a lot. To be totally honest, we really did not have any particular reason other than it seemed to be one of the fastest and it was one of the few countries where it is easier/faster to get a boy. You can also adopt babies, which in some countries is not possible. I guess the better question would be "why NOT Ethiopia?" Here are some interesting, but sad statistics from Ethiopia....
-1 out of 10 babies will die before their 1st birthday

-1 out of 6 children will die before their 5th birthday

-44% of the population is under 15 years old

-the life expectancy for men is 42 years

-1/2 of all the children will never attend school

-the Dr. to child ratio is 1 Dr. for every 24,000 children

-there are approximately 4.3 million orphans in this country that is about twice the size of Texas