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EMPOWERING WOMEN IN ETHOPIA

The Vincentian Sisters of Un­ter­march­tal are sup­por­ting di­sad­van­taged pe­ople in Ethi­opia. Wo­men's equa­lity is large­ly ig­nor­ed here. As a re­sult im­por­tant re­sour­ces for the eco­no­mic and so­cial de­velo­pment in so­ciety are lost.

In order to improve their ec­on­omic si­tua­tion, wo­men are trained and su­ppor­ted with mi­cro­cre­dits to start their own bu­sines­ses. These one-year pro­jects ha­ve al­ready been suc­cess­fully im­ple­men­ted in other re­gions of Ethio­pia. Mo­thers with chil­dren are par­ticu­larly af­fec­ted: they live in con­stant fin­an­cial in­se­curity and have to sur­vive on less than 500 birr ($10) per month. They have no ac­cess to ed­uca­tion, health­­care, or loans. Many live in in­for­mal dwel­lings or on the streets.

In 2025-2026, we are run­ning a joint mi­cro­cre­dit pro­ject for 31 wo­men under the age of 27 in the Kolfe Ke­ra­nio sub­urb of Ad­dis Ababa. In ad­di­tion to the wo­men entre­pre­neurs, around 600 people will be­ne­fit in­direc­tly from this pro­ject.

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