Mercy Corps - Africa: Kanso, Ethiopia

Beyene, 42, and his son Kefita, 17, hold a eucalyptus seedling at their nursery deep in the forest outside Konso. They also grow coffee, avocado and mango, and sell them to their local agriculture office. Beyene won a 100,000 birr ($3,500 USD) grant from Mercy Corps to expand his business, which he used to buy more plants, build a water basin, and construct a shed. “Previously, I had only ambition,” he says. “It was a complete surprise to me…I felt like I was born again.”
Kanso, Ethiopia, March 2019

Beyene, 42, and his son Kefita, 17, hold a eucalyptus seedling at their nursery deep in the forest outside Konso. They also grow coffee, avocado and mango, and sell them to their local agriculture office.  

Beyene won a 100,000 birr ($3,500 USD) grant from Mercy Corps to expand his business, which he used to buy more plants, build a water basin, and construct a shed. “Previously, I had only ambition,” he says. “It was a complete surprise to me…I felt like I was born again.”