Stories of Change

W/ro* Asnakech Beyene lives in Shenkora Shesheng Kebele in a village called Warka in Jarso, Ethiopia. She is the mother of four children and after the passing of her husband two years ago she became the sole breadwinner in her household. In the past, she...

Ato Musa Muche (40) has lived his entire life in Angtok kebele, Dibate Woreda, a village that is defined by poverty. As a father of ten children, Ato Musa knows this poverty very well. Through his subsistence farming, he has been unable to produce enough...

It is one thing to sit in Toronto and read and write reports about project activities. It is an entirely different thing to witness them first hand. Last week I had the opportunity to visit a number of CPAR’s project sites in Ethiopia. After...

W/ro Tigist, 32, is one of the members of a farmer field school organized for small ruminant production in Yayebena Kebele of Were-Jarso woreda. Tigist is a divorcee living with her mother whom she supports. She is trying to provide for her mother and...