Emirates247 An Ethiopian housemaid saved the life of her employer’s eight-year-old son after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool in the Gulf kingdom, prompting his father to reward her, a newspaper reported on Monday. The boy was with his parents at a public rest house in the capital Riyadh when he slipped and fell
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By Masha Hamilton Ethiopia has a strong economy for sub-Saharan Africa but women disproportionately bear the burden of the country’s hardships. Through a micro-lending support group, our organization, Concern Worldwide, has found a way to help. Misrach Salgado has been taking small interest-free loans to start her own business in Ethiopia. Credit: Cheney Orr HOMA, Ethiopia (WOMENSENEWS)–Misrach
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MSNBC By Mustafah Abdulaziz and Johnny Simon Photo by Mustafah Abdulaziz In the Konso Region of southern Ethiopia, the struggle for clean, safe water is a daily reality for women and young girls. “Bringing the water is not a simple task,” says Mariam Bakaule, a mother standing at the edge of the mountaintop village of Jarso. “This is
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MSNBC By Mustafah Abdulaziz and Johnny Simon Photo by Mustafah Abdulaziz In the Konso Region of southern Ethiopia, the struggle for clean, safe water is a daily reality for women and young girls. “Bringing the water is not a simple task,” says Mariam Bakaule, a mother standing at the edge of the mountaintop village of Jarso. “This is
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By Lisa Bloom ETHIOPIA! What I learned in our two week trip, which just ended. (Now I’m in Israel on a very different kind of trip for the next ten days.) My highlights: 1. Ethiopians are the friendliest people I’ve met in my lifetime of travels to about 60 countries. It was just a constant
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09 March 2014
