Community led road construction via improved cookstoves
Newly fixed road. Halaha Kebele is located 212 km away from Arba Minch town in the Southern Region of Ethiopia. The kebele is made up of around 800 households. The kebele is only [...]
Improving Potato Farming Yields and Resilience: A Success Story of Mehari Habtemariam
Potato is a superfood, rich in essential vitamins and minerals, and high in calories. Moreover, it is a climate-smart crop that is resistant to droughts and requires less water to grow when compared to crops [...]
IGNITING CHANGE: TRANSITIONING TO 100% ADOPTION OF HEALTHIER COOKING IN OTOLO KAMBA ZURIA
In the heart of the Gamo-Gofa zone in southern Ethiopia lies the community of Otolo Kamba Zuria, a place where traditions run deep and the interconnectedness of actions and consequences becomes all too apparent. Like [...]
“I can cook and play with my son in the same room without worrying about his health and safety”- Kalkidan Tekekste
Kalkidan Tekekste, is a 22-year-old mother to 3-year-old Abai Addisu. Kalkidan and her husband, leave with his parents and grandparents. Kalkidan and her household have been using the improved cook stove for five years now. [...]
INCREASING FARMERS CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia is experiencing one of the worst effects of climate change, Droughts. The recent droughts are the most severe that the country has experienced in the last 40 years, pushing millions into an alarming life [...]
Vita’s fuel -efficient stove programme in Eritrea
Mitselal Tesfassilasie in her kitchen. Mitselal Tesfassilasie, 46, is a mother of ten children (four boys and six girls) who lives in a village of Eden, which is about an hour north of [...]
Potato seeds and their power to transform lives
The Story of Layhugni Berihun Layhugni Berihun is 36 and lives with her husband and five children in the Ata kebele of the Farta district in South Gonder, Ethiopia. She is, like [...]
A family’s sustainable future powered by the potato
Tozene Nada builds her family’s sustainable future powered by the potato Tozene Nada was born in the mountains of the Great Rift Valley in southern Ethiopia. Despite the steep and hilly countryside [...]
Trekking to collect firewood is a thing of the past
Alemitu Yalew’s four hour trek to collect firewood is a thing of the past Before joining Vita’s improved cookstove project, Alemitu was using the traditional three stone stoves cooking for meal preparation [...]
Two small stoves transforming Meselech’s life
Meselech Meriya’s Story: How one Small Change has made a Monumental Difference Before joining Vita’s fuel-efficient cookstove programme, Meselech Mergiya used three stones surrounding an open fire on the ground to boil, cook, and prepare her [...]