Red Crescent volunteer Amina takes us around her school, showing girls’ new hygiene facilities.
Zuyada learns about first aid during disaster preparedness exercise organised by Red Crescent of Tajikistan.
Disability Partnership Finland, Ethiopia
EWDNA organises cooking courses where members learn to build confidence in their own abilities.
9 year old Efrata is blind and was born with spina bifida. Efrata and her mother’s dream is to find a school that will accept her.
EWDNA organises traditional coffee sessions where members choose a topic for discussion, learn valuable information and make new friends.
Samiya is EWDNA peer support person. She searches for disabled women who are not yet members and encourages them to join the association.
Katim-dance group educates people about disability rights. Mekoyet, who became disabled as a child due to polio, has never been ashamed of his disability.
EWDNA, Ethiopian Women with Disabilities Association, advocates about disability rights and works to improve lives of people with disabilities in Ethiopia.
Veera Lehto-Michaud 