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Ethiopia

A woman collecting firewood [CAFOD]

CAFOD spent £860,000 in Ethiopia in 2006-07

Ethiopia is one of the least-developed and poorest countries in the world. It has been dogged by drought for many decades, causing hunger and poverty

War with Eritrea diverted vital funds from agricultural development, and today, starvation continues to threaten millions of Ethiopians.

Seamus Jeffreson has been visiting local projects around the country to see how your money is helping to change lives for the better.

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International assistance in meeting basic needs is still needed

Key challenges

Loss of livelihood: the repeated cycle of drought has forced people to sell their assets to buy food, leaving them without the seeds, tools or animals they need to cultivate the land.

HIV and AIDS: relative to its population, Ethiopia has the third-highest absolute number of people living with AIDS and HIV in the world, causing greater poverty as people become too weak to support themselves.

One of the Gemini Trust beneficieries weaving a decorative basket. Basket weaving is one of the job creation schemes at Gemini. The women get an income from the baskets they make. A designer works with the women to help create appealing designs to sell [M

Giving hope to families

The Ethiopian Gemini Trust provides primary healthcare, works on HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support, and provides credit for women to set up businesses.

Supporting people with HIV and AIDS

The MMM Counselling and Social Services Centre supports people living with HIV and AIDS, their families, and the local community.

Supporting marginalised groups

Action for Development works in drought-prone lands in south Ethiopia and promotes the empowerment of pastoralists and other marginalised groups, supporting them to claim their legal rights and entitlements.

Koye Kora, who has two daughters to provide for, has already lost five of her ten cows during the drought [Astrid De Valon/Trocaire ]

Responding to Ethiopia food crisis

CAFOD has pledged an initial 80,000 Euros to partners who are providing vital support to 4.5 million people affected by the harvest failure in Ethiopia

A woman recieves a food pack from CAFOD's partner in Siraro Arsi, southern Ethiopia [Caritas]

Ethiopians exposed to hungry season

Meeting women in the West Arsi zone of Ethiopia, who come to find supplementary food for their malnourished babies

Registrar Vath Polonh with a patient in the reception area of the HIV and AIDS wing of Chey Chumneas Referral Hospital, Cambodia [Annie Bungeroth]

HIV treatment under threat

Ahead of the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, CAFOD warns the growing global food crisis threatens advances in HIV treatment

What CAFOD spends its money on

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How does CAFOD decide which project or programme to fund?
Why does CAFOD spend 10 per cent of its funds on education, campaigning and public policy work?
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Why doesn’t CAFOD work with poor people in the UK?
How many people work for CAFOD?

More than three million people in Colombia have been forced to flee their homes during decades of fighting between guerrilla groups, paramilitaries and the army - the highest number of displaced people in the world after Sudan [CARITAS Colombia/CAFOD]

Support our partners in their struggle

CAFOD has repeatedly asked the UK government to press the Colombian authorities to publicly defend human rights. Please support this call to action and the work of our partners in Colombia by emailing your MP now.

YOU can make a difference

The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]

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Published on 29/07/2003, last updated on 14/03/2008

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A vision of justice in Ethiopia Caring for orphans Giving hope to families Improving job prospects Supporting marginalised groups Supporting people with HIV and AIDS

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