Ecuador

Unemployment: 9.8%

 

Underemployment: 47%

 

Literacy: 8% of over 15s are illiterate, with a predominance of females

 

Male deaths per 1000 live births: 26

 

Female deaths per 1000 live births: 21

 

People living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000

 

Annual deaths from HIV/AIDS: 1,700

 

ICT works in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil. Through our Partner here, we support holistic, intensive work with 300 street-working and high-risk girls and boys aged 2 to 18 years, their brothers and sisters at risk of taking to street life and their families. See www.juconi.org.ec for further information on our Partner's work.