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Hunger is a daily reality on farms. Only one percent of families eat three meals a day. Seven out of ten households suffer from food shortages for about half the year. This is the situation in the Hambela Wamena district of southern Ethiopia. Menschen für Menschen is helping families to sustainably improve their situation.

School uniforms are meant to blur differences. In Ethiopia, this is precisely what many displaced students want: to finally no longer stand out, to finally no longer be outsiders.

The discrimination against women hinders development in rural Africa. In Ethiopia, Menschen für Menschen trains model families in gender equality. They are economically successful and become role models in their villages.

Menschen für Menschen asked Ethiopian children to draw pictures from their lives and tell their stories. The pictures show what is important to them: a longing for security, community, and a future – much stronger than material dreams.

Nine people lost their lives in a landslide in the Raphe district in southern Ethiopia. Hundreds of families were left homeless and destitute. The Swiss aid organization Menschen für Menschen is bringing emergency aid to the disaster area.

In the district of Raphe in southern Ethiopia, members of the Gedeo people live in one of the most impressive agricultural systems in the world - the UNESCO-listed forest gardens. But the balance has been shaken.