By Francesca Pellegatta | Junior Project Manager
Dear Donors,
In Ethiopia more than five million people based in the Tigray Region live in terrible humanitarian conditions because of the conflict that has been involving the Country for more than two years. After the truce of November 2022, the awful consequences of the war are amplified by famines and drought that hit the Horn of Africa. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was aware of the lost of thousands of soldiers as well as of the uncertain economic situation. Inflation has risen to 37% due to multiple factors: raids, destructions of infrastructures, industrial areas and fields, the internal displacement of people and the war in Ukraine that has led to skyrocketing prices. The costs of staple foods like flour, pasta and milk and school material correspond to the prices in Europe.
The daily life and problems faced by Zerihun (a widower and a father involved in our project) works in the market of Addis Ababa as porter. He does not own a vehicle and every morning he goes out at 4.30 am in order to be present at the market at 6.00 am (when the products arrive) and he comes back to his family during the afternoon. Zerihun earns 5 Biss (0.08 euros / 0.09 USD) for each trunk unloaded and transported from the van to the stands. Every day he earns on average 4-5 euros / 4.40 – 5.50 USD and if he gets sick or if he arrives late he earns nothing. He witnesses: “Food, rent, gasoline, clothes, everything is more expensive but incomes do not have risen. The life of poor people like is always more complicated. Since next month the owner of my house will increase the rent and I don’t know how to pay”. This is the condition of a lot of families of the capital.
Today Ethiopia has to face big challenges: food insecurity and hunger, sectors where the Country had made great progress during the last twenty years. The most affected part of the population is the most vulnerable one: children. Thanks to your help we have supported a great number of children victims of violence in Addis Ababa and we have helped them to build a better future.
Let the children bloom!
Thank you!
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