Summaries of HUNGER PROJECTS in Africa Partners: LWR and Jerusalem Association Children ’s Home (JACH) According to the Ministry of Labor in Ethiopia, the number of children on the streets in urban areas has reached an alarming proportion. Poverty pushes most of them to the streets, but the AIDS epidemic sweeping Ethiopia is making the problem worse. There are an estimated one million AIDS orphans in the country and the number is expected to rise to 2.9 million by 2014. Attitudes towards the institutional care of these children has shifted in Ethiopia, recognizing problems with their social reintegration. Families and communities are the country’s primary social safety nets and resources and efforts have been channeled towards strengthening family and community capacities to meet the needs of vulnerable children. GOAL: To improve the livelihoods of vulnerable children i.e. through active participation of their communities. Through this project, the organization proposes to improve the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable children in Dire Dawa through the support of community income generating activities like small-scale urban agriculture, environmental conservation measures, and HIV/AIDS prevention activities. OBJECTIVES: LWR’s partner, JACH is expected to aid over 4,700 people (adults and youth). The project results will include: "Improved food security and livelihood of vulnerable children Approved Project Support: $145,254 through to 2005
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