Ethiopia

Looking to the Future

In 2011, a catastrophic drought struck the Horn of Africa, affecting Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. CARE continues its work there, helping communities become increasingly resilient for the future. 

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The Horn of Africa Food and Refugee Crisis: One Year On

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Responding to Crisis

Liz McLaughlin, Executive Director of CARE's Foundation Unit, traveled to the Horn of Africa in 2011 to see CARE's response to this massive emergency. She captured her journey on camera. 

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Fighting Poverty & Drought with Honeybees

Nuriya, an Ethiopian mother of six children, has been able to make ends meet on her own since her husband passed away 11 years ago. By farming bees, a trade usually engaged by men, Nuriya is able to provide for her family.

Country Info

CARE started working in Ethiopia in 1984 in response to severe drought and famine that devastated the population and claimed the lives of nearly one million people. Since then, the organization’s activities have expanded to address the root causes of poverty and vulnerability.

As part of CARE Ethiopia’s development of a focused and long-term program approach to poverty, the office targets three groups of people:

  • pastoralist girls
  • chronically food-insecure rural women
  • poor young girls living in cities and on the outskirts of urban areas
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Our Work in Ethiopia

Child Poverty

Half of all children live in poverty, spending their formative years struggling to survive.  

Market Access

More inclusive markets and access can help poor people improve their lives.

Microfinance

There’s a “savings revolution” taking place in many developing countries.

Family Planning

Family planning is a proven strategy in reducing maternal mortality.

Child Survival

This year, more than 7 million children will die before their 5th birthday.

Clean Water

Access to clean water and decent toilets saves lives and helps families and communities prosper.

Poverty & Social Justice

Everyone in the world has the right to a life free from poverty, violence and discrimination.

Maternal Health

Hundreds of thousands of women die in pregnancy and childbirth, mostly from preventable causes.

Child Nutrition

Malnutrition affects 200 million children and the consequences can last a lifetime.

Child Marriage

Child marriage is a gross human rights violation that puts young girls at great risk.

Violence Against Women

Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses.

Why Women & Girls?

Why does CARE fight global poverty by focusing on women and girls? Because we have to.

Hunger in the Horn of Africa

While conditions have improved since a catastrophic drought struck this region in 2011, acute malnutrition rates remain high and millions still teeter on the brink of food insecurity.

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Melka Stands Up To Early Marriage

"I want girls to know there are people out there like me who 
will fight against 
early marriage." — Melka from Libo Kemkem, Ethiopia on standing up against forced marriage.

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CARE, H&M and H&M Conscious Foundation Collaborate on a Holiday Campaign to Further Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia

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CARE Knows How to Tap Into Wellsprings

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Agriculture
Ethiopia

Tussamo Tino, 31, is married and a father of three children. He is a farmer in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia. He used to plant ensets (false banana), maize and haricot beans on his small plot, but unpredictable rainfall and problems of pest infestation and soil nutrient draining resulted in frequent periods of total or partial crop failure. This cascaded into high risks of livestock deaths due to a shortage of food, greatly worsening the food insecurity in the region.

Reversing Climate Change Perils through Rope and Washer Technology

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Ethiopia

Climate change is a global phenomenon that is disrupting the livelihoods and lives of innumerable smallholder farmers around the world.

Tusamo Tino, 28 and father of three children, was one of these farmers who was seriously suffering from the adverse effects of climate change and the subsequent failure of his crop four years ago. In the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) where he resides, the majority of farmers heavily depend on the very unreliable rain-fed and subsistence agriculture to feed themselves and others.

CARE, H&M and H&M Conscious Foundation Collaborate on a Holiday Campaign to Further Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia

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Women's Empowerment
Ethiopia

ATLANTA - The global poverty-fighting organization CARE is a beneficiary of H&M’s 2014 holiday campaign. Funds from the promotion, which runs from Nov. 13 to Dec. 31, will advance CARE’s work to empower women entrepreneurs and workers from low-income, urban communities in Ethiopia. 

TESFA Results

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Child Marriage
Maternal Health
United States
Ethiopia

TESFA’s goal is to improve economic, and sexual and reproductive health outcomes for ever-married adolescent girls in Ethiopia. CARE Ethiopia and its partners implemented the program, and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) evaluated it.  TESFA relies on peer-education within small group settings modeled on CARE’s village savings and loans (VSLA) approach. Community support is provided by groups of 20 to 30 community members, who meet once a month to discuss how to support girls and receive their own training on gender and health.

TESFA Brief

TESFA is a 3 year project funded by the Nike Foundation that works to improve economic, and sexual and reproductive health outcomes for ever‐married adolescent girls in Ethiopia. 

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