This Ethiopian Life

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A little greeting from the Girl Empower beneficiaries of Hatessa town #thispeacecorpslife

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Even though they were an hour late, more than half my girls attended our last program. That's a success in my book #thispeacecorpslife #yegna #girlsrule #betterbyhalf

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It's never disappointing when you stumble across paradise #85degrees #ethiopia (at Haile Resort, Awassa, Ethiopia)

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Sundown in Bensa Town

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My girls doing the "trust fall" during our girls club session on being a good friend 👭 In Ethiopia 1 in 5 girls describe themselves as having no friends at all 👭 #yegna #empower #enlighten #engage #peacecorps #ethiopia

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Read this book if you want your mind blown and perspectives broadened on gender equality and basic human rights!

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Women and girls cloistered in huts, uneducated, unemployed, and unable to contribute significantly to the world represent a vast seam of human gold that is never mined.

Sheryl WuDunn & Nicholas Kristof

AUTHORS OF HALF THE SKY

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Approximately 80% of the 94 million Ethiopians are living in poverty, earning less than $2 a day. And 85% of these live in rural areas, never stepping foot in their beautiful capital. Basically, this is Addis; not Ethiopia. (at Addis Ababa)

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Secret garden status #africanparadise #logita #fuafuate #waterfall #lovewhereyoulive (at Logita Fuafuate - Bensa Woreda)

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Reason # 17 to love Ethiopia: the creative English translations #lovewhereyoulive (at Hawassa (Etiopía))

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Tunnel of love #newyearinseptember #2007 #peacecorps #ethiopia (at Hawassa (Etiopía))

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The World is a book and those who do not travel read only a page (at St. Gabriel Ethiopian Tewaheso Church)

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Leave it to Ethiopia to have the ugliest, old man-looking birds in the world #maraboustork #africanpenguin (at Hawassa)

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#glow #empower #girls #peacecorps #ethiopia

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Can't get enough of this place! Paradise in my backyard #fuafuate #gosomewhere #peacecorps #ethiopia

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Sushi?

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I miss eating breakfast every morning with this little gem, my host sister from training in Butajira. Simwa Kalkedan naw (Amharica for "her name is Kalkedan").