Follow-up of closed projects
It’s as important to follow-up and support businesses and Self Help Groups we have established as it is to start them in the first place. That is why it has become an integral part of our work to followup the beneficiaries of our closed projects and keep on providing technical, marketing, sales, and management support.As […]
Kick-off of a new project
Excited to kick off 15 months of teaching, empowering, counseling 225 households on all things #nutrition, #health, #gbv #prevention, #lifeskill, #saving, #entrepreneurship, and all the in-between! This holistic approach is made possible by our PISCCA grant from the Embassy of France in Addis Ababa
N4ED 2021 General Assembly
Saturday 13th of November was a memorable day for us. We celebrated our 5th anniversary with our members, volunteers, and staff. It was an amazing experience. A presentation was made on the work of the previous year, currents projects as well as the strategy of the organization for the next 5 years.A beautiful mug was […]
Closing event of Koye and Yeshi Debele sites
Last week we had amazing two days with our moms. They organized farewell parties for us and the stakeholders of the project. They showed us the businesses they created such as baltina (condiments shop), urban livestock, poultry farm, urban farming, and injera production. And we also exchanged different kinds of gifts.Furthermore, they witnessed how much […]
End line survey at Kolfe and Kaliti
Once again our dear volunteers dedicated their precious weekend with us to conduct the end line survey data collection at Kolfe Yeshi Debele and Kaliti Koye condominium sites!
A textile business
Life is all about seizing the opportunities that knock at your door and transforming them into your own path to success. That is exactly what Mulu, Etenesh, Genet and Million did!When COVID-19 came and disrupted many lives, we had started an initiative for handmade facemasks as a way to enable our moms in Entoto area […]
Another IGA for our moms
In the series of income generation businesses we are establishing for our moms, there is also the small group of 3 moms who chose sheep farming as a business line. Recently one of the sheep gave birth to two cute female and male lambs! There are a few more pregnant sheeps so more babies coming […]
A multi-product store in Kaliti
Some activities are much more challenging than others. Patience and persistence are the only keys to achieve a goal that is set and a promise that has been made. It has been 9 months since efforts have started to open this multi-product store for our group of moms in Kaliti sub-city, koye area.From obtaining the […]
Urban gardens
One way we are trying to empower our moms is by encouraging urban farming. It aligns with two of our objectives: improving households’ nutrition through direct consumption and improving income by selling the produce in the market. Obtaining land in a long-term manner in the city is a huge challenge but we have been lucky […]
First set of GBV prevention program
The covid-19 pandemic and the proliferation of GBV that followed in all corners of the world was the straw that broke the camel’s back for our organization. We had encountered many cases in our beneficiaries’ households and communities that had left us helpless before that. So when the pandemic came and exacerbated the situation we […]