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Category Archives: Ethiopia
Greetings from Ethiopia!
This month, we bring you a guest blog post from a CFTC supporter who was inspired by the resilience and resourcefulness of a women’s Self-Help Group run by CFTC partner, ISAPSO, which she visited in November. Continue reading
Plotting the route to change in Ethiopia
CFTC’s Theory of Change is transforming the organization. Read more in this post and in our 2011 Annual Report, online now. Continue reading
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Working toward long-term impact in Ethiopia
As CFTC’s Ethiopian trip wraps up, we visit two partners on the leading edge of practice supporting good livelihoods – and offering better choices – to some of Ethiopia’s poorest families. Continue reading
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Singing in the rain in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia
The scenic drive back from Amhara Region was slowed by livestock and came to a complete halt as Ethiopia’s rainy season took a toll on the vehicle – but didn’t make a dent in the spirits of CFTC staff and passers-by who came to their aid. Continue reading
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Our first steps on the journey to change in Ethiopia
Amboka Wameyo meets EDA’s enthusiastic Executive Director, Tessema Bekele, for a briefing before heading out of Addis for partner visits. Openness to collaboration and learning is the key first step on the journey to change. Continue reading
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Good things grow from goats
Supporting a small ruminants (goats and sheep) livelihood project in Debre Sina and Debre Berhan, Ethiopia, CFTC’s partner EDA turns small loans into big impact for rural farmers, mostly women. Continue reading
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Back to Addis where construction booms (and sheep graze!)
Introducing Amboka Wameyo, CFTC’s Regional Program Manager-Africa, who arrives in Addis Ababa to a construction boom and in the midst of it, a sheep pasture. Continue reading
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Hope for Ethiopia’s Vulnerable Women and Children
Visit with CFTC partner ISAPSO, which works extensively with women-headed families in the poor communities of Sululta and Chancho outside of Addis, reveals the tremendous impact of child sponsorship on women’s and children’s lives. Continue reading
