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 * Name: **Abena.


 * Location: **I live in Ethiopia, which has a population of 84,734,262 people. There are several higher elevated mountains in the center of the country, which includes bodies of water like the Blue Nile and Lake Tana. It's also a part of the Horn of Africa.


 * Occupation and Background Info: **I am currently a mother of two, mourning the loss of my eldest child, and a wife of Tekle. I perform the household chores and duties, as well as take care of the children. As a side job, I assist in cleaning the streets of Addis Ababa, our capital city. Being Tigrean and having to share food resources with the Oromo group, has been quite a struggle. The people of Ethiopia are hungry, I am hungry, and my children are hungry. My son Hagos, passed away during the famine of 2003 because of starvation and stunted growth. Merging with other cultures and other ethnicities are the only ideal way to decline food scarcity rates in our country. But I do not feel this is an easy process, fighting and disagreements can break out as easily as they have in the past.

//Mari Kuraishi//, the co-founder, president of Global Giving. They try to educate, shelter, feed, and provide kids with knowledge so that they can support themselves. //The Heifer International// organization provides opportunities for anyone around the world to donate animals/food to Ethiopians of Africa //Richard Sterns//. **Famine in relation to Safety and Rule of Law: **The rates of internally displaced people have increased to 0.4% of the population in Ethiopia, or roughly 300,000 people. My family and I used to live in Kobo city, but it generally was an area that was highly food insecure. We felt as if we were forced to relocate to Addis Ababa, like many other internally displaced persons. Being internally displaced, I do not feel entirely safe, I feel like this land is foreign and forced. In reality, none of us are safe from famine. It can strike at any time. Starvation affects so many lives in Ethiopia, and I do not feel safe under this unconcerned government.
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 * Famine in relation to Participation and Human Rights: **The government failing to provide everyone with adequate food supply is a Human Rights violation. In article 25 - Right to Adequate Living Standard, it states that everyone has the right to “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing..” etc. Not only during famine does my family (among others) experience a food shortage, but during most any time period. My first born child, Hagos, passed away after many years of starvation. He was a generous, caring child who often gave his food to his younger siblings, who he felt needed it more. We would not have enough food and clean water “to go around the table”. I spent many afternoons rationalizing our food portions for the days to come, in case we did not find enough the next day. The government has not taken much interest in feeding our population’s mouths, ignoring our right to adequate food supply.


 * Famine in relation to Sustainable Economic Opportunity: **When my family and I relocated to Addis Ababa, we were not provided the “access to water for agriculture” right. This guarantees that every individual have this right, which I was not. Probably because I am an “internally displaced person”. But I should still carry this right. Without the water for agriculture, my husband cannot farm. Therefore, we can’t expect healthy surpluses of crops and must further live to rationalize our portions each day. Hagos would have a vastly increased chance of living, if only we’d been provided with water for our crops as promised.


 * Famine in relation to Human Development:** My family and I do not feel that we have been protected by welfare. We have been in poverty basically our entire lives, as I was born into poverty. The government pronounces the right for all of poverty or disabled to receive welfare plans, but I have not. I have yet to acquire any type of welfare plan that protects me socially and provides me with access to food resources. Losing one child to starvation is more than enough. I do not need to lose my other children, my husband, and I do not want them to lose me.

**Works Cited:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Baxamusa, Batul Nafisa. Buzzle.com. Buzzle.com, 10 Dec. 2012. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Encyclopedia of the Nations." Ethnic Groups. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Ethiopia - Jobs." Jobs in Ethiopia. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2010 - Ethiopia." UNHCR. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2010 - Ethiopia." UNHCR. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2013. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Migration Information Source - Beyond Regional Circularity: The Emergence of an Ethiopian Diaspora." The Migration Information Source. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Mar. 2013.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why? **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With the money from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, we would be able to donate to charities who can in turn, provide us with adequate food supply. All it takes for one person to eat one meal, is an American quarter. Twenty-five cents. Imagine how many children and adult mouths would be fed, stomachs would experience what it’s like to be full. To be satisfied.

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