Income Generation for 5,000 Poor Ethiopian Women
Training poor women in Africa
Summary
The project will select 5,000 poor women from three regions of Ethiopia; provide them skills and basic enterprise-management training, a start-up fund and technical assistance for self-reliance.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Ethiopia’s social pressures have made traditional farming practices unsustainable. Women do not own land or other means of production. They depend on men for their livelihoods, making it difficult for them to have control over important choices affecting their lives, including choices about children. This project will provide 5,000 women from poor households with alternative means of income for self-reliance.
Activities
Help women choose enterprises and assess markets; provide technical and enterprise management training. The project also provides start-up funds and monitoring services.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,522
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $99,690
Total Funding Goal: $106,213
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project will improve the livelihoods of participating women. Their children will have access to school and food, and other families will learn from their success.
Project Message
“When I was a full-time employee, I was always short of money and time. But ever since I started working for myself, I have enough of both.”
- Mrs. Tenaye Mekonnen, a poor woman who received training and a loan
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Tilahun Giday
Country Representative, Pathfinder-Ethiopia
Bole Sub-city; Kebele 02
House No. 2446
Addis Ababa, 12655
Ethiopia
(251) –011-661-3330
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Pathfinder International
9 Galen St., Suite 217
Watertown,
MA
2472
United States
617-924-7200
http://www.pathfind.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Ethiopia
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 3, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Update on Income Generating Activities for Poor Women
By Tilahun Giday - Pathfinder Ethiopia Country Representative, November 02, 2009 10:19 AM
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