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08/04/2016
Despite Challenges, Gonok Finds a Way
We
are
so
close
to
bringing
clean
water
to
Gonok
thanks
to
the
perseverance,
creativity
and
commitment
of
the
community
and
our
local
partners.
...
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06/22/2016
Rapid Response Saved Lives
Thanks
to
our
supporters,
Glimmer
provided
emergency
relief
in
two
communities
hardest
hit
by
the
severe
drought
in
Ethiopia.In
March,
we
launched
a
food
...
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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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02/03/2016
Ethiopia Drought Now at a Critical Point
The
drought
in
Ethiopia
is
now
at
a
critical
point.
Despite
an
early
response
by
the
Ethiopian
government,
the
international
commitments
for
emergency
food
...
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01/19/2016
Growing and Thriving in the New Year
We’ve
completed
our
first
year
of
work
as
part
of
our
five-year
commitment
in
the
Villages
of
Gondar.
In
partnership
with
the
community,
we
...
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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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