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08/07/2017
We Love Girls' Clubs
Tigist
is
one
of
200
girls
who
joined
a
girls’
club
in
the
Villages
of
Shoa
this
year.
She
is
the
chair
of
the
...
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09/06/2016
Progress for the People of Shoa
Six
months
ago,
a
group
of
Glimmer
staff
and
supporters
joined
villagers
in
Shoa
to
experience
their
daily
struggle
to
collect
drinking
water.
After
...
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03/08/2016
Seeing Is Believing
A
group
of
Glimmer’s
most
committed
donors
recently
visited
the
Shoa
community
for
a
firsthand
look
at
the
need
in
this
area
—
as
...
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03/01/2016
Looking Ahead to Our Next Phase of Work
With
construction
on
Year
2
projects
officially
underway,
we’re
now
shifting
our
focus
toward
raising
funds
for
the
next
phase
of
work
in
Year
...
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01/16/2016
Our Second Year in Shoa
Marking
the
start
of
our
second
year
of
work
in
the
Villages
of
Shoa,
Glimmer’s
Addis-based
leadership
team
met
with
stakeholders
including
Glimmer’s
construction
...
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11/11/2015
A New Well Changed Her Life
Zewdinesh
used
to
walk
1.5
hours
to
collect
water
from
a
dirty
river.
The
grueling
trip
limited
her
to
two
jerry
cans
of
water
...
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11/09/2015
Microfinance borrower sees significant increase in harvest
Sisan
Mengusha,
a
farmer
in
Shoa,
faced
low
crop
yields
for
herself
and
her
livestock.
Experimenting
with
fertilizer
in
her
teff,
peas,
wheat
and
...
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07/16/2015
Principal's Dedication Pays Off
Prinicipal
Tadesse
knows
the
value
of
a
good
school.
In
his
six
years
at
Itu
Iliye
Primary
School
he
has
seen
the
ripple
effect
...
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03/23/2015
A Community Committed
Earlier
this
year,
Glimmer
launched
our
work
in
the
Villages
of
Shoa,
a
community
of
12
villages
in
Ethiopia’s
Oromia
region.
Our
experience
working
...
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08/11/2014
A Different Path for Young Women
As
Glimmer
prepares
to
launch
our
work
in
the
Villages
of
Shoa
in
the
coming
months,
we
continue
to
hear
from
the
community
here
...
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