Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Breaking the cycle of early marriage by building successful businesses

By Sarah Easter • September 26, 2024

Discover how young women in Ethiopia are empowering themselves through entrepreneurship and breaking the cycle of early marriage.

Beekeeping for survival in Ethiopia

By Sarah Easter • September 10, 2024

Witness the resilience of a bee cooperative in Tigray, Ethiopia, as they rebuild after conflict, supported by CARE and its partner organization.

World Humanitarian Day 2024 spotlight: Seada in Ethiopia

By Sarah Easter • August 15, 2024

Seada, a humanitarian in rural Ethiopia, helps young women realize their dreams through village savings groups, providing personalized support and fostering community-driven development.

Fetching water in northern Ethiopia: A life and death struggle

By Sarah Easter & Hillol Sobhan • May 21, 2024

Learn how a solar-powered water pump is providing safe water to the people in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

Small-scale farmers in Ethiopia: First came conflict, then devastating drought

By Sarah Easter & Hillol Sobhan • May 14, 2024

Learn how the small-scale farmers in Tigray, Ethiopia are benefiting from a restored irrigation system and now harvesting up to four times a year.

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Fighting for maternal health in Ethiopia with two sticks and fertilizer sacks

By Sarah Easter • April 15, 2024

“This month a woman lost her baby because it was in a wrong position. I was responsible for getting the stretcher to her, but I was too late to save the baby."

Building everyday climate resilience in Ethiopia

By Sarah Easter • November 18, 2022

Climate change is here now in Ethiopia. Sudden heavy rains have caused flooding and landslides around the capital city of Addis Ababa, while in the nearby Amhara region, drought has forced women and girls to walk for hours to find water. Already by 2017, roughly 23 million people here had insufficient income to meet their food needs, and by 2021 an estimated twenty percent of the country’s 120 mil

Village Savings & Loan Associations Annual Report 2020

By CARE Staff • April 21, 2021

VSLAs have become a force for good during this pandemic, supporting community responses, sharing important health messages and re-focusing finances to adapt to the crisis.

‘My Name is Mikre’

By CARE Staff • October 1, 2020

Alexandra Daddario raises her voice alongside Mikre to tell the story of a young girl's emancipation and empowerment in Mikre's own words.

Locust Swarms of ‘Biblical Proportions’ Put Millions at Risk of Starvation

By Jacky Habib • June 26, 2020

Billions of locusts are swarming fragile regions around the world, destroying crops and threatening critical food supplies for millions of people.

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