A Bevy of Boys: Then and now....

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Then and now....

Ian at 4 months old. I like that he looks drunk on what I can only imagine was "toe jam".

Ian at 4 years old.

Some things never change, and that's a good thing!

3 comments:

KendellMarch 13, 2010 at 11:27 AM
OH MY GOSH-I LOVE IT!!! He was such a little doll baby!!! SO FRICKIN CUTE!!!
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one + oneMarch 13, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Hilarious and oh-so-cute!
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DardiMarch 13, 2010 at 7:35 PM
Oh, my word, those pics just brought a huge smile to my face!!
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Why Ethiopia?

In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.

As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.

In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.

(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)

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