Everywhere: Places: World Vision Kemisse Project

Kemisse in the Mountains of Ethiopia by Anne Beach

18 June 2008
From:
Anne Beach

Beautiful from a distance, but it hides deprivation which World Vision alleviates with educational and health services. Visiting a country where the annual income is only $110 will put your travel budget in perspective. Only 22% of the population have safe water, a prominent cause of disease and death. In Ethiopia, 110 of every thousand die at birth; in the US, we lose 7 babies. You can hope to see your child live to the ripe old age of 48--the average life expectancy. 97% of the population eke out existence with subsistence farming, earning barely enough to feed family.
18 June 2008
From:
Anne Beach

It was a privilege to visit the Kemisse project and witness the services World Vision provides. We saw the pharmacy and the AIDS counseling center, the clinic with the patients waiting grateful to have a doctor to visit in their rural location. We saw the irrigation canal and the wells they were digging to help improve farming conditions. They also provide farmers with seed and fertilizer and information on how to improve crop yields. they supply school uniforms and supplies so kids can attend school and educate them and their families in the value of nutrition, AIDS prevention and hygeine.