Thousands of people are being forced out of their homes to make way for commercial agriculture.They receive little or no compensation for the loss of their land and homes, and are forced into villages without the basic facilities for new people. Stand up against this injustice! » Because of the timing of the relocations, at the beginning of the harvest, and because no food or health resources have been made available for these people, malnutrition, illness and starvation are becoming … [Read more...]
Ethiopia, Stop Forcing People Off Their Land!
February 3, 2012 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, Africa, care2, compensation, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Government, expropriation, farmers, government take-overs, HUMAN RIGHTS, land owners, land rights, people, people helping people, PETITIONS, Stop Forcing People Off Their Land!, Take Action, vote, women's rights
Ethiopia Maternal Health during ‘worst drought’ in History
September 15, 2011 by Team Celebration
Ethiopia WORST DROUGHT IN HISTORY GODE, Ethiopia, September 2011 - For Halimo Faliid, 70, the arrival of baby Higad Mahad was bittersweet. In gaining a grandson she lost her daughter, a family tragedy that is still too common in the Horn of Africa, where the current drought is adding to the hardships of women and children. Halimo said that her daughter had given birth in their small village of Dhadafe in this dust filled and parched part of Ethiopia near the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AFRICA, CA-- USES, SELF CARE, WOMEN that "Share in Positive Action" for Our World! Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, childbirth, complicated pregnancies, Dabakatur, death at childbirth, during 'worst drought' in History, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Government, fresh medical and nutritional supplies, Gode hospital, health extension programme, hospital care, malnourished children, Maternal health, maternity, mobile health teams, mobile medical teams, pregnant, Somalia, Take Action, Unicef, women taking action
