Ethiopia

Our impact

Context

Located in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia faces significant climate challenges, including drought and rainfall variability. Agriculture accounts for nearly 70% of jobs and remains particularly vulnerable to climate shocks, which heighten food insecurity, especially for female-headed households. Socodevi works in Ethiopia to strengthen the climate resilience of rural and urban women by promoting the adoption of climate-resilient agricultural practices, improving the storage and processing of teff and legumes, and strengthening co-operatives.

Objectives and Expected Results

  • Gender equality and women’s empowerment.
  • Strengthening the climate resilience of rural women.
  • Adoption of climate-resilient agricultural practices.
  • Strengthening co-operatives.

Sectors of Activity

  • Climate adaptation

  • Women’s empowerment

  • Agricultural value chains (teff, legumes, small ruminants, poultry)

  • Co-operatives

  • Food security

Projects in Ethiopia

Strong’HER

Through this project, Socodevi strengthens the capacity of rural and urban women in Ethiopia to develop and adopt climate-resilient practices. Strong’HER also promotes their active participation in decision-making processes to exercise greater control over resources and benefits, while expanding their networks to strengthen their individual and collective resilience.
  • Funded by:
    Global Affairs Canada
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Partners

Donors and Co-funders

  • Donor: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
  • Financial partner: Humundi
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Contact

Ethiopia Office
Zouleka L.G.K Building, Airport Road
Woreda 03, Bole Sub -City
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(+251) 950 093 952

The Countries Where We Are Present

Senegal

For more than two decades, Socodevi has been working in the Casamance, Tambacounda, Thiès, Saint-Louis and Sine Saloum regions to strengthen climate resilience, professionalize economic enterprises (co-operatives, economic interest groups), and increase women’s economic empowerment. Interventions combine sustainable and climate-adaptive agricultural practices, Nature-based Solutions (ecosystem restoration and inclusive governance of natural resources), access to financial […]

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Ukraine

Since 2008, Socodevi and its Ukrainian partners have been working to professionalize dairy and grain value chains, strengthen the co-operative movement and, since 2022, increase the resilience of rural families—particularly women and displaced people—facing war.

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Vietnam

Vietnam is a country where Socodevi has been active for more than two decades, working to strengthen the co-operative sector, improve rural livelihoods, and promote both social and economic inclusion. Projects focus on diversifying and increasing income, improving co-operative governance, supporting women’s entrepreneurship, and promoting biodiversity.

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