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Livelihood Promotion Programme

Income generation

Poverty is one of the main obstacles to ensuring children’s welfare. Ethiopia is amongst the poorest countries in the world and past decades of war and the current HIV/AIDS epidemic mean that many of those of working age have died or are invalids and unable to earn a wage. SMCF and JeCCDO aim to facilitate projects whereby community members and families can increase their incomes.

During the period 2007 to 2011 JeCCDO aims to enable 6,000 households in Bahir Dar to improve their income.

 

Mesfen has received a loan from JeCCDO. She has used it to set up her own business making bread which she sells in the neighbourhood. Every day her neighbours help her prepare the ingredients and in turn she helps them with their tasks. They meet once a week in a group to discuss their businesses and to support each other

"It has brought us all closer together, we all help each other. Because of this it is not so scary to go into business."

 

 

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