by Esayas Meskel | Aug 25, 2020 | Covid-19, Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
Encoy Kebede, 21, of the Bilechta Youth Club shares her experience of how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected her community. The Bilechta (Bilichta) Youth Club is located in Aleltu, Oromia region, 55 km north of Addis Ababa. How are you feeling during the COVID-19...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 16, 2020 | Ethiopia, Female Empowerment, Global Health
“My three-year-old daughter and I were still nestled together when we arrived at the Bahir Dar Hamlin Fistula Centre about a year back. I would spend the next three months in the centre along with my daughter. I realized then three months was quite time enough to...
by Esayas Meskel | Mar 2, 2020 | Empower, Ethiopia, Female Empowerment
Born in Webore, one of the rural localities in Shebel Berenta woreda (district), Ethiopia, about 18 km outside of a transit town called Bichena, 28-year-old Habtam Menberu Abebe is the second eldest of her seven siblings. Like her older sister before her, Habtam was...
by Esayas Meskel | Feb 20, 2020 | Advance, Enhance, Ethiopia, Youth, Youth Empowerment
In Ethiopia, the word ‘advocacy’ was taboo for many years. It was sugarcoated in alternative terminologies in an attempt to dodge the wrath of the Ethiopian government, which imposed a penal code against civil society organizations (CSOs) and NGOs in the...
by Esayas Meskel | Aug 16, 2019 | Ethiopia, Youth Empowerment
In a half day-long workshop, once again DSW exhibits its commitment to embark on undertaking a youth empowerment program goes by its acronym V4C (Voice for Choice). The launching workshop sensitizes about the objectives and way forward of the project in the presence...
by Esayas Meskel | Apr 3, 2019 | Advance, Ethiopia
On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), DSW being one of the participants, it has made its presence visible engaging in a range of activities. The three-day annual event which took place on February 25 -27 2019 in...