Mercy Corps - Africa: Hartasheik, Ethiopia

Farhan, 12, holds a goat in front of his family's house. His mother Safiya, 45, is a community leader in Hartasheik, Ethiopia. Mercy Corps trained her and several others in her community to help change dangerous traditional behaviors about women’s health and natural resource management. Now the community is connected to health services and protecting the vital land that provides for them.“Women should take leadership roles, and I feel comfortable doing it,” she says. “It’s obvious that women are taking the lead in Ethiopia. The leadership is there and women are taking hold of it.”
Hartasheik, Ethiopia, March 2019

Farhan, 12, holds a goat in front of his family's house. His mother Safiya, 45, is a community leader in Hartasheik, Ethiopia. Mercy Corps trained her and several others in her community to help change dangerous traditional behaviors about women’s health and natural resource management. Now the community is connected to health services and protecting the vital land that provides for them. 

“Women should take leadership roles, and I feel comfortable doing it,” she says. “It’s obvious that women are taking the lead in Ethiopia. The leadership is there and women are taking hold of it.”