© Patrick Rohr
Ethiopia

Know-How and Skills for Young Tradespeople

Helvetas project in Ethiopia trains young people in professions that are on demand in the job market.
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Yezina Overcomes Every Hurdle

Yezina will not let her disability get in the way: she wants to be a successful tailor who carries her life in her own hands. Have a look at our portrait.

Our Projects in Ethiopia

Our Vision and Mission

Our vision is of a just world in which all men and women determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.

About the Helvetas country program in Ethiopia

Helvetas Ethiopia is part of a network of independent development organizations. With head offices in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, Helvetas is working in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We bring about real change in the lives of over three million disadvantaged people every year. We implement development projects in the areas of water and sanitation, agriculture and nutrition, education, economic development, democracy and peace, and climate and the environment. Helvetas also provides emergency response after disasters.

Projects in Ethiopia

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Ethiopia

Pastoralists Take Charge of Natural Resource Management

© Helvetas / Patrick Rohr
Ethiopia

Know-How and Skills for Young Tradespeople

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Ethiopia

Taking Responsibility for Village Administration

© Helvetas / Christian Bobst
Ethiopia

Suspension Bridges: Lifelines to the World

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Our topics in Ethiopia

© Helvetas / Simon B. Opladen

WASH & Water Governance

The most vulnerable communities of the world suffer from dirty water. Every year, we support up to 500,000 people in getting access to clean drinking water and sanitary facilities.

Education and Vocational Skills

Lack of education perpetuates inequality because poor countries cannot compete economically without a skilled workforce.

Private Sector Development

Youth need access to reliable, fairly paid jobs to break the cycle of poverty. Helvetas creates partnerships and promotes policies that build more inclusive economies.

Multimedia Stories from our Partner Countries

Yezina Overcomes Every Hurdle

Yezina won't let her handicap stop her. She wants to become a successful seamstress who decides her own life.

Where the Sun Pumps the Water

How the construction of a solar pump has made life easier for the people of a small village in Mali.

Benin’s Urban Farmers

Find out how the cultivation of organic vegetables has changed the daily life of many small farmers in Benin for the better.
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