Ethiopia
Everything has Changed
People of north-eastern Ethiopia say they have never experienced conditions as extreme as the current drought caused by El Niño.
Massive Malnutrition in Ethiopia
Over 10 million people in Ethiopia are in need of emergency food assistance because of the extreme drought caused by the global weather phenomenon El Niño.
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.
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
A widespread drought is severely impacting Ethiopia, leaving millions of people without enough to eat.
Ethiopia’s worst drought in 30 years is fueled by the El Niño weather pattern that has contributed to two failed seasonal rains last year – dangerous for a country where more than 80 percent of its population
are farmers. In one of the most affected areas where CARE works, East Hararghe in the east, crop production fell by 70 percent last year.
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
LS: El Nino Box 1
LS: El Nino Box 2
LS: El Nino Box 3
LS: El Nino Box 4
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.
More than 400K mothers are at risk in Ethiopia
As the effects of the El Niño drought in Ethiopia continues, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers are at particular risk of malnutrition and complications during pregnancy due to the devastating food shortages.
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.
Millions will have no food in coming months without aide
Because of El Nino, a widespread drought is severely impacting Ethiopia, leaving millions of people without enough to eat.
Latest Updates on El Nino in Ethiopia
- In December 2015, the Government of Ethiopia announced that the number of people in need of food assistance had increased to 10.2 million.
- This year, 435,000 children under five and 1.7 million children, pregnant and lactating women will need specialized nutritional support.
Press Release
CARE, H&M and H&M Conscious Foundation Collaborate on a Holiday Campaign to Further Women’s Economic Empowerment in Ethiopia
The work we do 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.
Resources from Ethiopia
This 6 page breif highlights GRAD's experiences with helping families accees formal financing from Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) in...
This 2 page brief highlights how the GRAD program was able to use Climate Vulnerablity and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) to help communities...
This 2 page brief highlights the experience of the GRAD program working to get households in rural Ethiopia who have outstanding loans...
This 2 page breif highlights the findings from Livestock Marketing Collectives that allow families better access to markets and ways to...
This 2 page brief highlights learning from collaboration between CARE's GRAD project and the International Potato Centre (CIP) and...
This 2 page brief highlights lessons learned and impacts from the microfranchise approach that Ethiopia piloted in the USAID-funded Feed...
This 4 page breif highlights the practice of Diffused Light Storage for potato seed propagation, and how it is working as a business...
This 3 page document is one of a series in the Feed the Future-funded GRAD program's learning breifs.
This 2 page brief highlights learning from the USAID-funded GRAD program that works to graduate families out of poverty.
This 1 page infographic highlights the results of CARE's GRAD program in Ethiopia, which works to help the poorest families graduate out...
This 4 page summary highlights the 2016 findings of CARE's GRAD program in Ethiopia, funded by USAID's Feed the Future.
This two page brief highlights learning from the USAID-funded GRAD programs experiences with Loan Guarantee funds to get financial...
Improving access to safe water supply and sanitation in Ethiopia.
This 2 page brief highlights how CARE's GRAD program in Ethiopia is expanding on the concept of a traditional VSLA to improve impact.
This 356 page sourcebook is a starting point for thinking and inspiring efforts.
GRAD is a five-year USAID-funded project designed to build on the Government of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program Plus (PSNP)...
This 16 page evaluation showcases the final results of the groundbreaking program designed and implemented by CARE Ethiopia and...
Married adolescents who were in TESFA took photos to show us what changed in their lives. Take a look and see this program through...
TESFA is a 3 year project funded by the Nike Foundation that works to improve economic, and sexual and reproductive health outcomes for...
Stategies, Results and Impacts of Evaluations 2011 - 2013
Findings from the CARE learning tour to Ethiopia
A handbook for aid practitioners and policymakers in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and poverty reduction
CARE currently works in 11 countries in East and Central Africa (ECA), implementing long-term programs to fight poverty, respond to...
Not every marriage lasts forever, but early marriage has lifelong consequences for girls.
This 2 page brief from 2008 describes CARE Ethiopia's Healthy Unions Program.
Supporting Local Government Action in Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning
CARE has responded to drought and food insecurity in the Horn of Africa with aid to approximately 2.8 million people.
Not every marriage lasts forever, but early marriage has lifelong consequences for girls.
Addressing the Social Factors that Influence Health: CARE’s Family Planning Results Initiative
Proven approaches for empowering women smallholders and achieving food security
An International Framework to Address ‘Loss And Damage’ from Climate Change Impacts
September 2012 Issue of CARE's Poverty Environment & Climate Change Network Newsletter
CARE seeks a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.
We believe that the greatest obstacle to girls’ education is the low social status in which girls are held.
This review focuses on the potential for the savings-led microfinance (MF) movement in sub-Saharan Africa to close an important gap in...
“Bringing Financial Services to Africa’s Poor” focuses on microfinance, a tool that’s been proven effective against poverty in the...
The importance of expanding access to financial services for the world’s poorest people is increasingly recognized.
Currently, CARE is implementing over 74 economic development programs in 66 countries.
CARE’s programs in Economic Development work to improve the economic security and income opportunities of the poor.
Improved access to water can transform the life of a woman.
Lack of nutritious food is a barrier to health and wellbeing for the most vulnerable, poor and marginalized people in the world.
With more than 3,000 years of history, Ethiopia is uniquely situated at the crossroads between the Middle East and Africa.
In the year since the United Nations declared a famine in parts of Somalia, much has been accomplished.
CARE’s Approach to Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal Health
In the developing world 84 percent of people have access to improved water sources, yet sustained access is a challenge.