The latest national census survey (2007) figure shows that in Ethiopia, children less than 18
years old account for approximately 53% of the total population of which 86.7% live in rural
areas. In the country due to government‟s, and development partners joint effort towards
economic growth there is improvements in the past two decades, however most of Ethiopia‟s
children remain very poor and continue to live with „not enough‟ in terms of household assets,
food and goods, basic services and opportunities (Young Live survey report 2007/08). Most
of them are growing and living in excruciating poverty condition, which results more than 12%
of them die before they reach the age of 5 and 47% suffer from malnutrition related problems
(ibid). In the country children, require special attention since, they constitute the larger group
of the total population, so for them to face such different levels of poverty problems and
challenges is unacceptable. According to Camfield (2009) written on Ethiopia Young Life
first round survey revealed that in Ethiopia, poverty undermines children‟s social interactions
and relationships even among each other. This is because poverty has tendency to deteriorate
children‟s dignity and freedom.