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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves – transforming communities and benefiting women in Eritrea The traditional stove in Eritrea is called the ‘mogogo’ and, like most homes around the world, forms the central focus point of [...]
A Cook Stove Cooperative Changes Ejigayehu’s Life Ejigayehu Shelin is a busy mother of five. She and her children live with her husband in the Shara kebele (village) of Arba Minch Zuriya [...]
