About The Project
The following publications are examples of summaries of comprehensive research papers. They are designed and presented for a non-technical audience and for donors.
I am responsible for the photography, layout, graphic design and production of all.
The Gathering for Peace
42 kilometres south of Yaballo, pastoralists from Kenya and from all corners of Ethiopia gathered in a remote, beautiful valley to talk about peace. Some delegates travelled for eight days to reach the meeting place. Latecomers were shown to their tents by the light of kerosene lamps that twinkled in the night. Next morning, out of the reach of mobile phones, the familiar scream of tent zips was matched by the dawn chorus of outraged weaver birds and the murmur of morning prayers. Under clear skies and an east wind, the delegates sat on mats under a large acacia tree as the gathering got under way.
Finding the way forward
“…I greet you all and welcome you here…”
Joseph Osokoni Ole Kishau, Koora, Kenya
Participatory Methods
The Peace Generation
“I am hosting the people coming from other places and organising things. Water sources and grazing for cattle are the main causes of conflict. I want to make all tribes one. Regular talk brings peace. They will get rid of war and establish peace. The cattle will mix together, graze, and water together. The idea of all tribes in one gathering will be successful”.
Lopiding Lokuwa
DFID, PCI
Serving Ethiopian People
The Promotion of Basic Services (PBS) is a programme supporting the delivery of five basic services across Ethiopia: health, education, water and sanitation, agriculture, rural roads. PBS also promotes a more robust engagement by citizens and encourages improved accountability through local civil society organisations. The programme’s support has been essential in achieving several Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia.
Leaving no one behind
This booklet supplies insights into the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). It tells how the PSNP has put the needs of people first, and by so doing has moved thousands of communities from a fragile existence towards stability.
Before the PSNP, emergency food aid often arrived late and was insufficient. Food aid did save lives, but did nothing to solve the underlying causes of hunger.
Today nearly 8 million people receive assistance in a predictable way that allows them to feed themselves. In addition, nine thousand kilometres of roads have been built and local people have constructed hundreds of health clinics and schools.
The PSNP enables people to invest small amounts of money in their future through local microfinance arrangements. Together with the Household Asset Building Programme, PSNP has made a significant impact on economic growth.
World Bank
Raising Voices
DFID Ethiopia commissioned a study to evaluate voice, diversity and connection in Ethiopian pastoralism. This booklet reports the exploration of what helps, and what hinders pastoralist men and women from speaking out and negotiating with their leaders, State officials in Ethiopia’s arid lowlands.
The aim is to broaden the current debate about whose voice is respected, heard and obeyed; and how effective this mechanism is in protecting and strengthening livelihood security.
This report summarises a comprehensive research paper published by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK.
DFID, IDS, University of Sussex
Report 2020, ETHIOPIA POVERTY ASSESSMENT Harnessing Continued Growth for Accelerated Poverty Reduction, read here
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