A new “no-water” latrine model helps refugees in dry parts of Ethiopia
Thursday, April 18th, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Refugees/IDPs, Somalia, Water/sanitation | 1 Comment »In 2011, as famine hit Somalia, tens of thousands of refugees fled to the Dollo Ado camps in Ethiopia. There are now five camps in Dollo Ado, sheltering over 190,000 people – making it one of the largest refugee sites ...
A taste of honey: Reaching marginalised women in Ethiopia
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Food security, Women's rights | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6186" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Women bee keepers in Amhara, Ethiopia"][/caption] "Collective Action" holds great promise for multitudes of women whose primary livelihood is dependent on their ability to farm the land and access markets. ...
Rural Ethiopians use mobile phones to ring the alarm on drought
Monday, April 1st, 2013 Posted in Drought, Ethiopia, ICT 4 Development, Water/sanitation | No Comments »In the arid Shinile region of eastern Ethiopia, pastoralist communities are now using mobile phones to monitor water points and provide early warning of droughts before they strike. [caption id="attachment_6071" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ali monitors a water point with his mobile phone"][/caption] Every ...
Unleashing the power of women farmers in Ethiopia
Saturday, March 9th, 2013 Posted in Agriculture, Ethiopia, Food security, Women's rights | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5903" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bedria Hussein"][/caption] On International Women’s Day, a thousand women – mostly farmers – gathered in Ziway in central Ethiopia to celebrate the power and potential of women food producers. One of the ...
Tato Boru: Inspiring women bringing change in Ethiopia
Friday, March 8th, 2013 Posted in Ethiopia, Water/sanitation, Women's rights | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5886" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Tato at home"][/caption] Life for women in Moyale, in southern Ethiopia, is slowly changing - led by amazing women like Tato Boru. She sheltered people fleeing ...
2012- Our year in pictures
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 Posted in DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Photos, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania | No Comments »As 2012 ends, a look back at some of the events that have shaped our work in the region over the past 12 months - from ongoing emergencies in South Sudan and DRC, to working with amazing women food producers ...
Ethiopia’s Female Food Hero awards reach exciting finale
Monday, December 10th, 2012 Posted in Ethiopia, Food security, Women's rights | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5546" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ethiopia's Female Food Hero finalists"][/caption] Women grow and prepare much of the world’s food, overcoming the increasing environmental pressure from climate change, yet such efforts are rarely acknowledged. That’s why Ethiopia’s first ever Female Food Heroes competition ...
Refugees tackle diarrhoea in Dollo Ado camps
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 Posted in Ethiopia, Health, Refugees/IDPs, Somalia | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_5108" align="alignleft" width="266" caption="Habiba at work in the camp"][/caption] Single mother Habiba Mohamed Noor, 27, fled Somalia last year with her three children, the youngest only one month old. Like thousands of other refugees, they walked all the ...
One year on from the Horn of Africa food crisis, much progress and many lessons
Thursday, July 5th, 2012 Posted in Aid, Drought, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_4511" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Unloading new latrine materials in Ethiopia"][/caption] It is a year now since the world woke up to what has been called the worst food crisis in the 21st century. The footage of Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya ...
Reducing the distance travelled for water in Ethiopia
Saturday, April 7th, 2012 Posted in Drought, Ethiopia, Water/sanitation | No Comments »Every morning, Yenee leaves her two children in the care of her sister and ventures off to collect water for her family. After walking for two hours she arrives at the spring – the only source of water ...