2022 was a very busy year. Here are some images highlighting the impact in the communities we serve.
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Like mothers everywhere, Aster dreams of a better future for her seven children and two grandchildren. She has worked hard, seeking opportunities to provide a better life for herself and her family.
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Tesfanesh Tilahun and her husband had no beekeeping experience prior to joining their local cooperative in Magunga two years ago.
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Ten WEEMA-supported beekeeping cooperatives are thriving in the Tembaro and Hadero-Tunto Zuria regions, thanks to the generous support from donors like you.
Read MoreSix WEEMA supported beekeeping cooperatives have harvested close to two thousand lbs of honey in 2021 alone.
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From no modern beekeeping skills, to being one of the active members of a modern beekeeping cooperative. From owning only one beehive to 20 hives. From no savings to ten birr monthly savings in his cooperative and 200 birr per month of personal savings. This is the story of Markos Lintiso and how his life changed for the better after he joined one of the beekeeping cooperatives that WEEMA supports.
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“I lost all that I had just to restore my health. Now that I am healthy and part of the cooperative facilitated by WEEMA, my life has meaning once again.”
-Tessema Wochamo, proud member of WEEMA-supported beekeeping cooperative
You may have heard the expression “busy as a bee” and wondered, what is it that bees are so busy doing? As the expression implies, making honey is a very labor-intensive process for bees.
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Yeshiwas Desta is a farmer and the proud father of six children. His land is rocky and rugged and doesn’t produce enough to provide food for his family. Yeshi worked hard to change the fertility of the land by terracing, planting forage grass, and diversifying his crops by adding banana, mango, avocado, coffee, soybean, and ginger.
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Our WEEMA beekeeping cooperatives continue to grow and thrive!
Did you know that Ethiopia is the largest producer of honey in Africa? Beekeeping is a local and centuries-old industry in Ethiopia with large potential for growth.
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