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Food Insecurity in Ethiopian Orthodox Traditional Schools examines the everyday experiences of food insecurity and hunger among students attending Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church traditional schools. The book focuses on students in Injibara Town, Awi Zone, and explores how inadequate and uncertain access to food affects their educational experiences, social relationships, physical and emotional well-being, and everyday lives. By centering the voices and experiences of traditional school students, the study draws attention to a group that has received relatively limited attention in academic discussions of food insecurity, poverty, education, religion, and youth experiences in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church traditional education has a long and significant history. For centuries, church schools have served as important institutions for transmitting religious knowledge, spiritual values, cultural traditions, literacy, and indigenous systems of knowledge. Students who attend these schools often dedicate considerable time to religious learning and may travel away from their families to pursue their education. While traditional education remains an important component of Ethiopian cultural and religious life, many students experience challenging socioeconomic conditions during their studies. Poverty, limited household resources, irregular food access, inadequate living conditions, and dependence on community support can create serious difficulties for students attempting to continue their education. The book understands food insecurity not simply as the absence of sufficient food but as a complex social experience. Hunger is connected to household poverty, family relationships, community networks, religious institutions, educational practices, and broader economic conditions. The study therefore explores how students experience, interpret, and respond to food insecurity in their daily lives.