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02/07/2018
Food Security for Letebrihan
Glimmer’s irrigation projects brought year-round water to family farms to support sustainable income growth and nutrition.
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11/15/2017
Alsa's Beauty Salon
In
busy,
rural
community
in
Medebay
Zana,
Alsa
tests
the
heat
of
the
straightening
iron
as
her
client
looks
through
the
hair
styles
on
...
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08/28/2017
The First Day of School
Little
tables,
short
colorful
chairs,
games
and
flashcards
decorate
the
inside
of
Ms.
Genet’s
classroom.
Soon,
the
seats
will
be
filled
by
five
and
...
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08/10/2017
A New Day For Wereqet
Wereqet
struggled
to
to
find
a
job
in
Ethiopia,
where
most
opportunities
are
typically
reserved
for
men.
A
loan
from
Glimmer
set
her
on
...
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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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07/15/2017
Glimmer Influences Widespread Change
Glimmer
brought
together
leaders
from
our
Ethiopian
partner
organizations
for
a
week-long
workshop
to
discuss
the
unique
challenges
and
solutions
to
working
in
rural
...
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07/05/2017
Global Changemakers
This
summer
students
at
the
Austin
Tennis
Academy
are
launching
a
$100,000
campaign
to
bring
education
and
clean
water
to
children
in
rural
Ethiopia.
...
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03/22/2017
Water Overflows In Gonok
Nowhere
else
in
our
work
have
we
seen
people
come
together
to
solve
a
water
crisis
like
we
did
for
Gonok
Village.
When
others
...
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02/03/2017
Holding Up A Community
Glimmer donors rallied to raise funds for families of drought-impacted AdiKeyh Senale. Students stayed in school and communities stabilized.
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10/05/2016
Big Change for Little Birchiko
In
the
early
morning
before
school,
10-year-old
Birchiko
grabbed
her
yellow
jerry
can
and
joined
her
friends
on
the
short
walk
to
the
new
...
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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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08/04/2016
Emergency Delivery Saves Mother and Son
In
a
rural
village,
Tarikua,
a
mother
of
six,
awoke
to
signs
of
labor
and
immediately
began
to
experience
complications.
After
a
difficult
night,
...
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