Ethiopia

In Holeta, Ethiopia, vocational training opened up new opportunities for unemployed young people and those at risk of social exclusion.

Ethiopia’s history has been marked by recurring conflicts that have left deep scars on society. Hannu Happonen’s report from Tigray opens a window into suffering that remained hidden from the outside world for two years.

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world, and conflicts between different groups of people have been going on in the country for decades. Development has been slowed down by armed conflicts, natural disasters, and the coronavirus pandemic.

In Tigray, food shortages due to armed conflict and the Corona pandemic have deepened. The UN estimates that more people are suffering from hunger in the Tigray area than anywhere else in the world and the situation is expected to worsen in the coming months.

The global teaching of Raili Väisänen and Mirjami Ylenius-Kuosmanen began many decades ago in Kenya, and after many stages has now proceeded to neighboring Ethiopia. New language versions of the Sunday School textbooks written by child ministry pioneers are now being completed for use by Pentecostal Churches in Ethiopia.