DanChurchAid: Ethiopia

Why did God shut down the sky over us?

Thu, 29 May 2008 16:18:53 GMT

Ethiopia is on the verge of a hunger disaster. In the Southern Oromiya region people are already suffering.

Ethiopia contact information

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:44:42 GMT

Contact information: DanChurchAid's regional office in Ethiopia

Pastoral people are under pressure

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:39:06 GMT

Climate change, which results in floods, unpredictable rain, drought, and hunger, occurs in many African countries today. Traditional pastoral people are among the worst hit. The pastoralists depend on the welfare of their animals, which means adequate access to water and fertile grazing land.

Medina�s broken future

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:02:05 GMT

Due to illness, kidnapping and forced marriage, 21-year-old Medina Duna had to quit school. She is one of the 100 participants in the DanChurchAid�s goat husbandry project and she now hopes it will make her able to send her oldest daughter to school.

A goat means hope for tomorrow

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:17:09 GMT

A group of 100 marginalized women have this summer been selected to participate in a goat husbandry project in order to ensure sustainable livelihoods. They are all from an area of Ethiopia that has struggled with drought for the last six years.

A goat for each child

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:53:33 GMT

Adanech Eriso is the mother of four children and recently she became the owner of four goats through DanChurchAid�s goat husbandry project. She has decided that each goat should provide for each child�s school fee.

Floods in Amhara and Gambella

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:32:43 GMT

Heavy torrential rains in Ethiopia have caused severe flooding in the Amhara and Gambella Regional States affecting more than 60,000 people and destroying farmland, roads and homes. The intensity of the rainfall and the magnitude of the floods is reported to be worse than the 2006 rainy season in which approximately 98,000 people were affected in the various areas of the region.

Danish Minister of Development visits Ethiopia

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:43:05 GMT

One of the poorest parts of Ethiopia got an extraordinary visit in mid June. The Danish Minister of Development, Ulla T�rn�s, visited the DanChurchAid agriculture component of the Ethio-Danish Joint programme in North Wollo.

Good harvest in Ethiopia

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:41:35 GMT

Not every year can tell good news about the harvest in Ethiopia. But after last year�s drought which affected millions of people, and huge floods affecting another hundreds of thousands, the Ethiopian government announces that a good harvest is expected in 2007.

DanChurchAid goes to Parliament

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:17:15 GMT

On Thursday, March 15, DanChurchAid and 20 of its local partners paid a notable visit to the Ethiopian Parliament. The group saw the parliament in session in the morning and in the afternoon the group met with chairpersons of three Standing Committees. This is the first time in a long while that the civil society and members of Parliament engage in a dialogue and the meeting was mentioned in the evening news on the national television channel, ETV.