Girl in Amhara region of Ethiopia carrying water.© Leonard Tedd
In Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa, poverty affects the majority of people, with 81% living below the poverty line and about 10 million of them at risk of starvation.
Although the government’s measures aimed at reducing poverty are having some effect, for substantial progress to be seen there needs to be a significant increase in economic growth, together with considerable assistance from the rest of the world.