Mulubrehan Getachew
Name: Mulubrehan Getachew
Education: University Student
Company name: Project Mercy
Title: Colour Paints & Sculpture
Founded in: 2017
What it does: Postcards; Mural Arts, Painting; Sculptures
HQ: Addis Ababa
Number of employees: None
Startup Capital: Zero
Current capital: growing
Reasons for starting the business: Because of Loving Nature; I can express my feelings on paints
Biggest perk of ownership: Being certified
Biggest strength: An advice I get from people who are closer to me
Biggest challenging: Materials shortage and place of work (gallery)
Plan: Upgrading my skill; working with arts beside my education
First career: None /student/
Most interested in meeting: Artist Tsegalidet Teferi and Dawit Tefera
Most admired person: Artist Afework Tekle
Stress reducer: Arts, Sketching, Sports (ball games)
Favorite past time: Having time to talking about arts and nature
Favorite book: Books about arts
Favorite destination: Paris
Favorite automobile: Toyota
World Food Programme welcomes China’s contribution for food assistance in Ethiopia
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced a contribution from the Government of the People’s Republic of China which will be used to purchase over 4,000 metric tonnes of maize for 268,000 internally displaced people in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
“WFP is grateful to China for making this generous contribution and supporting our efforts to assist those in need,” said Steven Were Omamo, WFP’s Country Director and Representative in Ethiopia. “As one of WFP’s key partners, we are grateful for the commitment shown by China in helping vulnerable people in Ethiopia to get the food they need to survive,” he added.
Over the past five years, China’s contributions to WFP has enabled the purchase of almost 13,000 metric tonnes of food in Ethiopia. This latest donation comes at a critical time as the organisation faces a funding shortfall, and urgently requires USD 325 million to maintain operations in Ethiopia from March to August 2021.
UNFPA, UNICEF call for renewed commitment to end female genital mutilation in Ethiopia
As the world observes International Day of Zero Tolerance against female genital mutilation (FGM), under the theme, “No Time for Global Inaction: Unite, Fund, and Act to End female genital mutilation,” UNFPA and UNICEF call for the accelerated implementation of the National Costed Roadmap to End Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation amid fears of an increase in harmful practices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNFPA estimate two million additional cases of female genital mutilation are likely to occur globally as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts to end FGM have been complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many countries experiencing a “crisis within a crisis” due to an increase in female genital mutilation and other forms of gender-based violence.
In Ethiopia, 25 million girls and women have undergone FGM, the largest absolute number in Eastern and Southern Africa. Yet, attitudes towards this practice are shifting: more than 7 in 10 girls and women oppose the continuation of the practice. With less than a decade left to achieve SDG target 5.3 to eliminate all harmful practices, eliminating female genital mutilation necessitates gender-transformative approaches that tackle the structures, policies and harmful gender norms that perpetuate the practice especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
