Life has always been difficult for Mulu, having her husband be a member of the Ethiopian defence force; they struggled to maintain a household of seven on his single salary. Living in the town of Selekleka, soon Mulu’s husband became demobilized and in attempts to do his best and provide for his family, he began…

Alem ended her education in grade 5 in order to attend to household duties and soon be placed in an arranged marriage; a practice common across rural Ethiopia. Today living in Zana town, Alem is a retired veteran with a family of four, landless and struggling to make a living “we didn’t have any assets,…

  Family time is an important and traditional aspect of Ethiopian culture seen across all households. Often families gather around buna and a large shared plate of injera. Unfortunately Mawcha Haile, a 42 year old father, wasn’t always privileged to have this opportunity “it was extremely difficult to leave my family behind but was desperately…