Rehabilitation of 64 Vulnerable Women in Ethiopia

Currently we have 40 women in our project. They all have received small business training and their materials to start/expand their businesses, the psychologists and social worker have given their input in the training on how to run their family in a good way. In the past month we have done some follow-up visits and the women are doing very well.

90% of the women have already started a local saving system by which they can grow their capital so they can expand the bussiness by themselves in the future. The families all manage to eat three meals a day now and their children are in school. They also manage to cover any medical expenses for the family by themselves.

Our follow-up is only for one year as we don't want to create dependency of our beneficiaries. We want them to be proud of their achievements and to be empowered in such a way that they are confident that they can expand their business by themselves.

The strength and succes of the project is because we let the women decide what their strenght and weaknesses are and based on that they decided by themselves what kind of business they are able to run. It is not helpful to force all of them to start for example a chicken business if their interest is in selling spices. We don't judge their interests, nor the material support they request. We have the principle that they know best what works in their area and what they need to succeed in life. The result is that we have 40 beneficiaries who are very satisfied with the assistance and keen to grow their business. We see families who are working together, families raised out of poverty and on their way to be financially independent.

We will never be able to thank you enough for your ongoing support for the women of Ethiopia!