GrowEastAfrica.org (GEA) is actively working in the Burji District of SNNPR Ethiopia. We work with internally displaced peoples (IDPs), primarly ladies, to improve their livelihoods. They grow nutritional vegetables, teff, and quinoa on 4.5 hectares of plot. In 2018, GEA installed a drip irrigation system on one hectare of the land for growing vegetables year Read more about Fall 2019 GEA Vegetable Garden Initiative Update[…]

Groweastafrica.org is improving the lives of poor rural farmers and internally displaced people (IDP) in the rural Burji District of Ethiopia. We help IDP families grow vegetable, Tef, and quinoa and distribute goats to rural poor families. In 2018 we expanded the vegetable and quinoa farm by 2.5 hectares to serve more families. On this Read more about GEA 2018-19 Harvest Update[…]

Grow East Africa Organization is partnering with local communities, government, and other NGO to improve the livelihood of poor Burji farmers and families.  We distribute 3-goats per family and help grow nutritional vegetables for 300 internally displaced peoples.  Our 2018 plan is to expand both initiatives. For the vegetable garden, we increased the garden by Read more about 2018 GrowEastAfrica Goats Distribution and Vegetable Garden Initiatives.[…]

Dear All, We are thankful and appreciative of all that responded to a humanitarian fundraising drive to provide for the daily survival needs for the 2017-year internally displaced Burji families. These families are residents of Hageremariam, a town in the Gujji zone of Oromia. In September through November 2017, homes and properties of the minority Read more about GrowEastAfrica.org Relief Distribution to Internally Displaced Burji From Bule Hora Guji Zone Ethiopia[…]

  GrowEastAfrica.org, a project of the Diaspora Burji Community Organization (EIN 47-3363829), is actively working in the Burji District of the SNNP region of Southern Ethiopia improving livelihoods of rural farmers and internally displaced peoples (IDPs) by employing vegetable gardening and planting quinoa.  Our mission is to help improve livelihoods of these families with emphases on Read more about Growing Nutritional Vegetables and Quinoa – Sustainable Solutions to Hunger[…]

Hello Friends and supporter. 2017  GrowEastAfrica.org Burji Goats Distribution project, one of the two initiatives to tackle poverty in rural Ethiopia had a very productive year. The number of recipients was increased by 150% of 2016. More families were given opportunity to improve their livelihood. We have implemented various learning from our 2016 activities. Our recipients Read more about 2017 GrowEastAfrica.org Billa Goats Distribution Ceremony[…]

Last June 2016, GrowEastAfrica distributed goats and vegetable seeds to poor rural Burji families in Billa Village. Billa is in Southern Ethiopia and has a population of 3000. This village is one of the most economically depressed Burji communities. The primary objectives of GrowEastAfrica are to fight hunger and poverty ravishing the rural communities.  The distribution of goats and vegetable Read more about GrowEastAfrica distribute goats and vegetable seeds to Fight Poverty and Hunger in Rural Ethiopia[…]