Hope Arising

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• Referral from December 9, 2011
  

  Sarah J. asked:

  Hey all! I'm working with an NGO in Ethiopia who is doing some amazing things, specifically for the women and children who have been widowed and displaced due to conflict in the area. We have begun implementing education, food and housing security, business training and micro-loans and even gardening is starting to come in place. It has been very rewarding. Right now I'm working to build up some therapeutic activities that they can learn as a group to do on their own to help with their mental and emotional well-being. Women aren't very highly valued in Ethiopia anyway (hopefully that continues to change) and they have been through so much trauma. Just the abject poverty can be so traumatic. Anybody have any ideas, suggestions, resources, etc. that might be useful for these women? One activity we've done recently is just having them make collages that describe them to display in their homes. Any help would be much appreciated!

  

  Sarah J. replied:

  Liz -- They're called "Hope Arising" -- http://hopearising.org/. I met one of the women who runs it a few years back and we've always just kept in touch.

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