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Children's access to health, education, welfare services, water
and sanitation in Ethiopia is, unfortunately, among the worst
in the world. With our community partners, we are helping some
of the thousands of children living in the impoverished communities
of Addis Ababa, Debrehan, Debresina and Oromia.
Shukare's Education. View a short video about life in Meki, Ethiopia, for one little girl.
Preventative and Curative Health Care
We are improving sanitation and hygiene by providing hygiene,
sanitation and malaria prevention education, mosquito netting
for disease prevention, and educational materials on HIV/AIDS,
reproductive health, family planning, sexually transmitted diseases
and other related issues.
Education
We are providing basic education for children who have been forced
to leave the formal education system or have never started school,
and rights education (specifically the rights of women and children);
recruiting and training community facilitators; and developing,
publishing and distributing educational materials.
Environment
We are providing agricultural training with a focus on natural
resource preservation; education on improved soil quality, composting
and natural pest control methods; and tree seedlings to address
deforestation and erosion.
Food Security
We are providing training, seeds and tools to help farmers diversify
vegetable production for improved nutritional intake and additional
income; and training, credit and veterinary assistance to enhance
farmers' animal production.
Humanitarian Assistance
Thanks to Canadian Feed The Children
donors, we were able to respond in the face of devastation caused by floods in the communities we support with food supplies such as maize and oil. The floods hit more than 18 African countries in late 2007 in what the UN called the worst rains in thirty years. See photos of food distribution above under "View Program Pics".
For more information, e-mail
Canadian Feed The Children's program manager for Ethiopia.
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