About 70% of housing units in Ethiopia require total replacement. Most homes are made of wood and mud and have cracked walls, leaking roofs and dirt floors. Only one-fourth of houses have two or more Read More rooms. At the national level, only 28% of households have access to adequate sanitation facilities. More than 43% use open pits or pit latrines without slabs, and 38% have no toilet facilities at all. Only 57% the country’s population have access to safe drinking water, and this figure is significantly higher in rural areas. About 60% of the 5 million population of Addis Ababa live in slum areas, characterized by overcrowded settlements and lack of improved sanitation. In these urban neighborhoods, families live in crowded rooms and are exposed to health and safety risks. Read Less