All stories related to Ethiopia
Somali teens offered chance to complete education
Feb 27, 2012
The first high school in Somali refugee camp in Bokolomanyo, Ethiopia is under construction
Ethiopia: medication needed to tackle measles
Aug 30, 2011
Measles outbreaks, decaying animal carcasses and even ash contamination from volcanic activity are combining to threaten lives in the Afar communities of Ethiopia, but ACT is working hard to address the needs of a struggling community further impoverished by drought.
Ethiopia: the elderly have stopped eating
Aug 18, 2011
Ethiopian elders are starving themselves out for the sake of the children
Ethiopia: setting up camp on hard soil
Aug 15, 2011
Officials must decide whether a new extension to Dollo Odo is needed, just weeks after a fourth camp there was opened
In Horn of Africa, drought only a trigger
Aug 11, 2011
The media blames the suffering in the Horn of Africa on the drought, but the reasons behind this monumental crisis are more complex and must be understood to avoid international aid efforts being futile
ACT's emergency response in Somalia and Kenya: a snapshot
Jul 26, 2011
ACT at work: video about some of the practical steps being taken by ACT Alliance to respond to drought in Kenya and Somalia
Women slog for miles seeking last drop of water
Jul 14, 2011
Even in drought-struck Ethiopia, providing water is women's work
SMS from South Ethiopia: cattle are dead, we’ll be next
Jul 14, 2011
As the carcasses of drought-starved cattle are burned, Ethiopians worry they'll be next
Anguish as Ethiopians run out of options
Jul 13, 2011
Extreme drought in south Ethiopia is taking a greater toll than ever before
This is the last of my food
Jul 08, 2011
Laurie MacGregor reports from the Horn of Africa, where 10 million are at risk of starvation
ACT in Ethiopia
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Ethiopia
International organisations in Ethiopia
- Anglicord
- Bread for the World
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief
- Christian Aid
- DanChurchAid
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
- Kerk In Actie
- Lutheran World Federation, The
- Norwegian Church Aid
Organisations funding work in Ethiopia
- Act for Peace
- Bread for All
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- FinnChurch Aid, FCA
- ICCO
- Icelandic Church Aid
- Lutheran World Relief
About Ethiopia
- Population: 85.8 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Addis Ababa
- Area: 1.13 million sq km (437,794 sq miles)
- Major languages: Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya, Somali
- Major religions: Christianity, Islam
- Life expectancy: 54 years (men), 56 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Birr = 100 cents
- Main exports: Coffee, hides, oilseeds, beeswax, sugarcane
- GNI per capita: US $280 (World Bank, 2008)