In the Burji District of Ethiopia, less than 10% of the communities have access to a clean water. HareWenji village, with a population of ~4000, is one such community where the girls and women spend hours to fetch water from distant open-source water. In October 2019, Grow East Africa partnered with Water Charity to bring Read more about Burji District Sustainable Solar Water Project[…]
GrowEastAfrica.org, a project of the Diaspora Burji Community Organization (EIN 47-3363829), is actively working in the Burji District of the SNNP region of Southern Ethiopia. Our mission is to help improve the livelihoods of rural poor Ethiopian families. In particular, we are focused on improving access to 1) quality education, 2) clean water, 3) Read more about Distributing Goats to Improve Livelihoods of Rural Families -2018 Update[…]
Progress Report: On 27 June 2016, DBCO-Africa distributed two female and one male goat per family to improve the livelihood of needy rural Burji family in Billa Village. Goats increase the wealth and nutritional food for the household. Goats are sturdy and easy to care. Moreover, female goats can give birth twice a year, and Read more about Newborn kids – Billa Village Goat Project[…]
Billa kebele, one of the poorest kebeles in the Burji district has a severe lack of clean water sources. At present people and animals get drinking water from the same open seasonal creeks that run 2-3 miles from the village. Children, pregnant women and elderly that drink this water suffer from water born illnesses such as diarrhea. Read more about Billa clean water project[…]
We are fighting poverty by distributing high quality seeds for growing nutritional vegetables in Burji district of Ethiopia. Using vegetable seed provided by the Seeding Program International, plots of kale, carrot, anion, and pepper were planted by women from Billa Kebele and Soyama Ladies Association.
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