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• Be The Change

  Be The Change

  It's safe to say my trip to Ethiopia changed my life forever and enriched my life in ways I could never anticipate. I think my experiences there opened my eyes...

  Be The Change

• Happy Birthday/New Year

  Happy Birthday/New Year

  By chance we happened to be in Ethiopia on the Ethiopian New Year, which also coincidentally happened to be my birthday! How crazy is that?...

  Happy Birthday/New Year

• What Donation Dollars Look Like

  What Donation Dollars Look Like

  They say seeing is believing. One of the focuses of our trip to Ethiopia was to show Canadians where their donation dollars were being spent...

  What Donation Dollars Look Like

• Girl Power

  Girl Power

  I was a little shocked that it actually rained several times on our visit to Ethiopia. However, as we discussed with Rosemary, the rains had come too late and were not nearly heavy enough...

  Girl Power

• Falling in Love with Ethiopia: The Arsi Zone

  Falling in Love with Ethiopia: The Arsi Zone

  We traveled south from Addis Ababa to an even more remote region called the Arsi Zone. The landscape became rocky and hilly yet still green...

  Falling in Love with Ethiopia: The Arsi Zone

• The Green Drought

  The Green Drought

  I saw a lot of beautiful scenery through the car window as we travelled South of Addis Ababa to the Shebedino District with the Plan team. As the landscape changed it became more green and lush...

  The Green Drought

• The Feeding Centers

  The Feeding Centers

  The more I learned, the more I began to think of Ethiopia as worse for company, like a good guy in a bad neighborhood. The fact is East Africa continues to be in a state of emergency...

  The Feeding Centers

• Asking Questions

  Asking Questions

  During our drive Rosemary explained how she achieved her current position at Plan and described her first trip to Africa 20 years ago. She left her position as a lawyer...

  Asking Questions

• On The Road

  On The Road

  Did I mention I'm the worst flyer I've ever met? The irony is I travel as much as I can and usually prefer destinations located across oceans. This generally means for me travel is basically...

  On The Road

• African Daydreams

  African Daydreams

  With all of this on my mind I began to ask myself a lot of questions. The leading question was a simple but very important one: why does this keep happening?

  African Daydreams

• Welcome to Ethiopia

  Welcome to Ethiopia

  This past September I was invited to bring a very small crew to Ethiopia to create a documentary on the East African Drought Crisis happening in the Horn of Africa, specifically in Ethiopia.

  Welcome to Ethiopia

Photos

Sarah In Ethiophia

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  Sarah In Ethiopia Clip 1 of 3

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  Sarah In Ethiopia Clip 2 of 3

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  Sarah In Ethiopia Clip 3 of 3

Bonus Clips

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  Ethiopian New Year

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  Sarah Tries Yogurt

About

The drought crisis in East Africa has caused wide-spread hunger across the Horn of Africa. Parts of Ethiopia are experiencing a green drought, a confusing and deceiving emergency. Sarah Taylor travels to the region and learns of the strength of the human spirit through stories of hope from the people she meets.

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