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Ethiopia - Internally Displaced People

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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region,  demonstrates how the Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. Ibrahim lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A group of Oromo IDPs walk on the dry riverbed near Burka Dare IDP site in Seweyna woreda (administrative unit), Bale Zone, Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People (IDP), which this time of year runs seemingly dry, the community of Oromo people has dug a cattle trough, to preserve low-percolating water from deep inside the riverbed, salvaging some drinking water for livestock and people alike. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A man washes his hands before a meal. To save water in an area where it is scarce, a small hole has been made in the jerry can, blocked by a nail when the can is not in use.
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  • 28 January 2019, Wada IDP site, near Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: LWF staff distribute IMO-sponsored non-food items at the Wada IDP site in Seweyna woreda. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Halima Ismael is one of many Oromo internally displaced people living in the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A man rides a bike in Micha. Dust and smoke fills the air, as night fires are dying out, lit by people who sleep on the streets.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region, lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim (centre), an internally displaced person from the Somali region, lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A donkey carries LWF-donated jerry cans for transportation of water in an area where it is scarce. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: The Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. The community then harvests honey from the hives, once bees have come to colonize them. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A boy herds a group of camel by the river bank near Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Oromo woman Halima Ismael caresses her child outside their home in the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Halima Ismael is one of many Oromo internally displaced people living in the Burka Dare IDP site. She regularly uses a simple kitchen to cook porridge. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: "This is how scarce water is in Micha," says LWF project manager Dereje Teka as he washes his hands before a meal. To save water in an area where it is scarce, a small hole has been made in the jerry can, blocked by a nail when the can is not in use.
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  • 27 January 2019,  Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A riverbed lies dry in Seweyna woreda, near the Wada IDP site.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Internally displaced people live in small houses or huts, shared by up to eight households under a single roof. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: 20-year-old Amina holds her one-year-old child in the shade under a tree in the Burka Dare IDP site. She is on of a group of more than 400 people who arrived here two years ago, as they were driven from their homes in neighbouring Somali. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH1_185...jpg
  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Hussein Ibrahim, an internally displaced person from the Somali region,  demonstrates how the Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. Ibrahim lives in the Burka Dare IDP site. He is 65 years old, and one of the community elders. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: 18-year-old Sahara Abdullahi makes covers for jerry cans, to keep water from heating in the sun. The covers offer her a source of income, as she sells them at a price of 50 Birr. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH1_189...jpg
  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Two Oromo children walk by the dry riverbed near Burka Dare IDP site in Seweyna woreda (administrative unit), Bale Zone, Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: The Oromo people make beehives by carving out logs of wood, to be hung in trees. The community then harvests honey from the hives, once bees have come to colonize them. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH2_799...jpg
  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People (IDP), which this time of year runs seemingly dry, the community of Oromo people has dug a cattle trough, to preserve low-percolating water from deep inside the riverbed, salvaging some drinking water for livestock and people alike. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People (IDP), which this time of year runs seemingly dry, the community of Oromo people has dug a cattle trough, to preserve low-percolating water from deep inside the riverbed, salvaging some drinking water for livestock and people alike. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A man feels the side of a hut in the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here, a block of emergency latrines built by the LWF for the IDPs.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Halima Ismael is one of many Oromo internally displaced people living in the Burka Dare IDP site. People at the site live in small huts or houses. Halima and her children share this one with two other households. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 28 January 2019, Wada IDP site, near Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: LWF Project manager Dereje Teka oversees the construction of a 10,000-cubic-meter ponds in the area. Once filled up by seasonal rains, ponds like this one near the Wada IDP site, will provide a last resort for water through the driest months of the year. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 28 January 2019, Wada IDP site, near Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: LWF staff distribute IMO-sponsored non-food items at the Wada IDP site in Seweyna woreda. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 28 January 2019, Wada IDP site, near Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: After training in Water, Sanitaion and Hygiene (WASH) by the LWF, and construction of a number of emergency latrines in the area, a group of internally displaced people have constructed their own latrine in the Wada IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Animals rest in what shade is available on a field near Dodola town, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Animals rest in what shade is available on a field near Dodola town, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Goats walk across a field near Dodola town, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: In Adaba district, Ethiopia, an old irrigation and soil conservation site built by the Lutheran World Federation in the 1970s remains an important resource for people in the area.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: A boy walks across a field in Adaba, Ethiopia. The field is nearby an old irrigation and soil conservation site built by the Lutheran World Federation in the 1970s, which remains an important resource for people in the area.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: A farm sits on the hillside in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: This conifer, called "Gatera" in the local language Oromifa, is used as a Christmas tree by many Ethiopians.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Mountain goats walk in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Two men run a carriage across fields in the central highlands near Robe town, Bale Zone, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: Two boys ride a horse-led carriage through the dust-filled streets in Bale Zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia.
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  • 26 January 2019, Ethiopia: The sun sets near Goro, Bale Zone, Oromi, Ethiopia.
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  • 27 January 2019, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Dawn breaks near Ginnir in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia.
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  • 27 January 2019, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: As the sun rises, people walk in search of water along the road from Ginnir to Micha in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia.
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  • 27 January 2019, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A motorbike rides the road from Ginnir to Micha in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia, as the sun rises over the Hussein Bule mountains, named after an old warrior and freedom fighter who was known to use the mountains as a hiding place.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A man carries a stick as he walks through the Burka Dare site for internally displaced people. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Dawn breaks near Ginnir in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A boy puts his hands to his head in the Burka Dare site for internally displaced people. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Micha town is suffering drought. Dust and smoke fills the air, as night fires are dying out, lit by people who sleep on the streets.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A young man tends to his camels in the Burka Dare site for internally displaced people. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Micha town is suffering drought. Dust and smoke fills the air, as night fires are dying out, lit by people who sleep on the streets.
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  • 27 January 2019, Micha kebele, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Morning rises in Micha town. Micha town is suffering drought. Dust and smoke fills the air, as night fires are dying out, lit by people who sleep on the streets.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People (IDP), which this time of year runs seemingly dry, the community of Oromo people has dug a cattle trough, to preserve low-percolating water from deep inside the riverbed, salvaging some drinking water for livestock and people alike. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20190127_AH1_193...jpg
  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A man feels the side of a hut in the Burka Dare IDP site. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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