IMPROVING WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES THROUGH WATER
Askalech Abera, is a mother of four and is expecting her fifth child, so she has a lot of experience with pregnancy and childbirth in Ethiopia, and recognises the challenges, one of which is access [...]
Askalech Abera, is a mother of four and is expecting her fifth child, so she has a lot of experience with pregnancy and childbirth in Ethiopia, and recognises the challenges, one of which is access [...]
Livestock is an integral part of the agricultural sector in Eritrea. In 2022, agriculture contributed 21.09% to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and livestock contributed largely to this number. Cattle rearing is the most [...]
Shikurte Abderkader (34), is a smallholder farmer of Sankura woreda, Ethiopia. She grows bell pepper, potato, and wheat through irrigation for income generation and household consumption. Previously, this was not possible. The communal water distribution [...]
Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing young people in Ethiopia. For start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs, capital and business mentorship are difficult to access. Young entrepreneurs present a unique opportunity to create employment for [...]
Ateref is fetching water from an unprotected water source before the broken water point was fixed It is difficult to imagine a clean and sanitary environment without water. However, in rural Ethiopia, many communities [...]
Vita, with the generous support of the Carton family, is implementing the Transforming Village Poultry Producers into Small Agro-Business Venture Project, a community led poultry project. Through this project, which mainly focuses on women, [...]
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 [...]
Women’s Savings & Investment Co-op, Ethiopia Nothing invigorates a community like a successful enterprise, and the women of the small village of Doko Yoyeri, high in the African Ridge Mountains of Southern [...]
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 [...]