Horn of Africa

Example of Oxfam programs

Image: Through years of hard work, Awadia Abbis has been able to earn enough money to help all her five children get an education. She is a member of the Tea and Food Sellers Cooperative in Khartoum. Credit: Eva-Lotta Jansson/ Oxfam

With Oxfam's help, women become entrepreneurs in Khartoum market – Awadia Abbis has managed to help all five of her children attend university with her earnings. She is a member of the Tea and Food Sellers Cooperative operating in the sprawling, dusty Elshabe market in Khartoum. It’s one of three women’s cooperatives that Oxfam's partner, the Sudan Development Association or SDA, helped to launch.

Image: Tato Boru leads the area women’s peace council in Moyale, on the Ethiopian border with Kenya. “If we sympathize with each other, the coming generation will be educated and our future hope will be ensured.” Credit: Brett Eloff/ Oxfam America

Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders – Women bear the brunt of hardship when violence rips through a community, leaving husbands dead, homes in ashes, livestock looted. Tato Boru leads an area women’s peace council which an Oxfam local partner helped to found. By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence.

Image: With a regular supply of water channeled into irrigation ditches, farmers in Ethiopia’s Lake Ziway region can now be assured their crops will grow – and their income as well, allowing them to send their children to school. Credit: Donna Morris

Ethiopia: growing crops and opportunities – With the help of Oxfam and its partner, the Selam Environmental Development Association, a series of small-scale irrigation projects has planted hope among farmers in eight villages in the Lake Ziway region. It’s not just crops that the irrigation is bringing to life; it is also nourishing the business acumen of some of the farmers.

Image: Through asset-based, community-driven development, women in Woleta, Ethiopia are taking leadership roles in the growth of their communities. Credit: Oxfam

Ethiopia: the road to self-reliance – In the Horn of Africa, Oxfam is pioneering a new approach to building self-reliance that is becoming a model for others in Africa and around the world. By focusing on a community's strengths and supporting a process called "Asset-Based Community-Driven" development, or ABCD, tremendous advances are being made.

Which Oxfams work in:

Horn of Africa	AUS	BEL	CAN	DEU	ESP	GBR	HKG	IRL	NLD	NZL	QC	USA
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
Sudan

This information covers the financial year 2005-2006 and refers to areas where Oxfam is involved in one or more of the following: operational programs (development or emergency), working through partners and/or working through another Oxfam affiliate.