The Hunger Project-Ethiopia

 

On December 15, 2004, The Hunger Project was officially launched at a strategy meeting inaugurated by the State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning. The Hunger Project has begun implementing its Epicenter Strategy to empower the people of Ethiopia to build lives free from hunger. Click here for a full chronology of reports. In modern times, Ethiopia has been a country whose name is almost synonymous with hunger. Yet Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent nation, with a rich cultural heritage and tremendous agricultural potential. Ethiopia has the second largest population in Africa, 71 million people.

In 1992, Joan Holmes met with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles, who strongly requested that The Hunger Project come to his country. Since then, Ethiopia was torn by warfare. Today, peace has taken hold.

Meaza Ashenafi

Sister Tibebe Maco

In Ethiopia, we have two outstanding Africa Prize laureates – Sister Tibebe Maco, an AIDS activist, and Meaza Ashenafi, a women’s rights lawyer. In addition, we have the unique advantage that our vice president responsible for our programs in Africa, Dr. Fitigu Tadesse, was Ethiopia’s youngest-ever ambassador and continues to have tremendous influence within the country.

 

The staff of The Hunger Project-Ethiopia with members of the Jaldu Epicenter Committee and Jennifer Thomson, former Senior Program Associate for the African Woman Food Farmer Initiative.