Mudula
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Mudula is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Kembata Tembaro Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of 7°17′N 37°33′E with an elevation of 2100 meters above sea level. It is the larger of two towns in Omo Sheleko
woreda
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In 1997 the teachers of the Mudula school found a new way to address the high female drop-out rate. They formed a Girls' Advisory Committee which noted when girls dropped out of school, visiting their homes and trying to persuade their parents to send the girls back to school. The approach was highly successful, and is now being followed by many other schools financed by the USAID Community Schools Grants Program.
Many in the area are malnourished, and are prone to Malaria
. In July 2003 World Vision
began malaria control in their therapeutic feeding center (TFC) in Mudula. The TFC has reported that of the total admission of 153 severely malnourished children, 142 had proven cases of malaria. 225 parents were also treated for malaria. World Vision is providing training and insecticide treated nets for all children discharged from the TFC.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
in 2005, Mudula has an estimated total population of 5,195 of whom 2,511 are men and 2,684 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,867, of whom 1,390 were men and 1,477 were women.
Omo Sheleko
Omo Sheleko is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Kembata Alaba and Tembaro Zone, Omo Sheleko is bordered on the south by the Semien Omo Zone, on the west by the Omo River which separates it from another part of the Semien Omo...
woreda
Woreda
Woreda is an administrative division of Ethiopia , equivalent to a district . Woredas are composed of a number of Kebele, or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government in Ethiopia...
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In 1997 the teachers of the Mudula school found a new way to address the high female drop-out rate. They formed a Girls' Advisory Committee which noted when girls dropped out of school, visiting their homes and trying to persuade their parents to send the girls back to school. The approach was highly successful, and is now being followed by many other schools financed by the USAID Community Schools Grants Program.
Many in the area are malnourished, and are prone to Malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
. In July 2003 World Vision
World Vision
World Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
began malaria control in their therapeutic feeding center (TFC) in Mudula. The TFC has reported that of the total admission of 153 severely malnourished children, 142 had proven cases of malaria. 225 parents were also treated for malaria. World Vision is providing training and insecticide treated nets for all children discharged from the TFC.
Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency
Central Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)
The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...
in 2005, Mudula has an estimated total population of 5,195 of whom 2,511 are men and 2,684 are women. The 1994 national census reported this town had a total population of 2,867, of whom 1,390 were men and 1,477 were women.