By David Snyder His thinning white hair dyed orange in the traditional local style, Aden Esse Kan stands amid the swirling dust clouds of eastern Ethiopia, eager to talk about the drought that now plagues this region. An elder in the village of Togo Wuchale, a dusty half hour drive from the town of Jijiga, ...
By David Snyder You are not expecting rain when you come to cover a drought. But that’s what I found when I stepped off of the plane here Sunday—and what I have seen each day since. Rain. Looking around at the green of the hillsides, you could easily be fooled about the real problems facing ...
2011 is one of the worst droughts to hit East Africa and the Horn of Africa in living memory, including the east of Ethiopia. The local Caritas there is called the Hararghe Catholic Secretariat. It’s part of the national Caritas organisation (the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat), and is supported by a number of Caritas members from ...
Climate change has a major impact on the availability of food and water. It particularly effects communities in hot zones with limited agricultural land and restricted access to water. Ethiopia is one such country. Landlocked in the Horn of Africa between Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya and Sudan, Ethiopia is plagued by periodic drought. In an ...
As we crest the mountain top, a sweeping view of emerald fields, soaring mesas and scattered farms spreads in front of us. It’s difficult to believe that the farmers in the distance are facing a critical food shortage. As we wind down the hill though, we get a closer look at the fields and what ...
Rural communities in northern Ethiopia weren’t sure they could trust what they were hearing. How could anyone benefit by setting aside the equivalent of a few pennies each month? Come visit the Weini savings and lending group a year and a half later, and they are singing a new tune. At first, saving was slow. ...
Caritas Africa and its partners held a forum in September in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on how micro-finance programmes can create livelihoods to lift millions of people out of poverty. Caritas in Africa is running many micro-finance programmes to provide access to small amounts of capital to help people set up businesses. The programmes ...