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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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11/23/2015
Update on the Drought from Donna
I
returned
last
week
from
a
trip
to
Ethiopia
that
took
me
to
several
communities
where
Glimmer
has
worked
for
years.
In
Senale
Village
...
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11/23/2015
Drought Update: Donna's Visit to Senale and AdiKeyh
I
returned
last
week
from
a
trip
to
Ethiopia
that
took
me
to
several
communities
where
Glimmer
has
worked
for
years.
In
the
Senale
...
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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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11/06/2015
Drought Crisis in Ethiopia
At
Glimmer,
we
are
deeply
saddened
by
the
news
of
the
drought
crisis
in
Ethiopia.
As
the
country
faces
what
may
be
the
worst
...
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10/21/2015
IKEA Foundation Awards $7 Million to A Glimmer of Hope
Glimmer’s
work
in
Ethiopia
is
expanding
through
a
five-year
initiative
funded
by
the
IKEA
Foundation.
The
partnership
will
support
Glimmer’s
approach
to
lifting
entire
...
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09/16/2015
A Community Under Construction
Glimmer
recently
caught
up
with
our
local
construction
partner
in
Gonok,
the
Relief
Society
of
Tigray
(REST),
to
check
in
on
progress
with
the
...
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08/30/2015
A Healthy Start in Tercha
Glimmer’s
team
recently
met
Meseret,
a
mother
who
delivered
at
the
Tercha
Hospital
Maternity
Ward
and
then
brought
her
three-day-old
child
into
the
Pediatric
...
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08/14/2015
Gonok's Women Lend a Hand
As
the
deep
borehole
water
project
in
Gonok
progresses,
women
in
the
village
are
literally
lending
a
hand,
collecting
rocks
and
digging
trenches
for
...
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08/05/2015
Excitement at the New Minzero Library
When
Glimmer
first
arrived
in
the
Villages
of
Gondar,
one
of
the
most
striking
areas
of
need
was
in
education.
Today,
thanks
to
the
...
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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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