Ethiopia
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Dogged by drought for many decades, the vast majority of Ethiopians make a living from the land, either as smallholder farmers or pastoralists, herding cattle and other livestock from area to area
Productivity has risen substantially over the last 20 years, along with rapid population growth, but millions still need support for part of the year to have enough food to eat.
Most farming is still at risk from irregular or poor rains, and many projects we support attempt to improve water catchment and raise water tables on a smaller scale.
We share a jointly-managed office, programme, strategy and staff with our sister agencies Trocaire and SCIAF, reducing the burden on our local partners and helping us be more effective in our work together.
Ethiopia and its neighbours are the focus of our major Kenya and East Africa Crisis Appeal , providing emergency food rations to malnourished children, pregnant women, and new mums.
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We can only maintain detailed sections online for our major programmes of work, but here are brief details about our programmes in countries outside of that main list |
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Find out how we are helping people in East Africa cope with the a drought that has left millions of people short of food and water |
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![Weine Madhin with her two daughters. She also has two sons at school. Her husband is away on military service and unable to support the family. She makes and sells palm mats but this income is not enough {CAFOD]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/eritrea/images/weine-madhin-with-her-two-daughters/1090256-1-eng-GB/weine-madhin-with-her-two-daughters_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) |
Only a handful of international charities work here as, due to an ongoing border conflict with neighbouring Ethiopia, it is stuck in a “no-war, no-peace” vacuum |
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