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Vanessa Merker @VanessMer
Joined April 2011
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Great 🇪🇹 Half Marathon in Hawassa! Amazing to see the Elite runners in this small beautiful city 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️🏃🏽 #feelingenergized #Ethiopia @greatethrun amasegenalew !
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Food and fertilisers are not under 🇪🇺 sanctions. Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression and blockage of Ukrainian 🇺🇦ports has led to global food insecurity. Team 🇪🇺 has committed EUR 1.6 billion for food security actions in the most affected countries, and in the Horn of Africa.
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በ16 ቀናት እንቅስቃሴ ላይ የአውሮፓ ህብረት እና አባል ሀገራት የጋራ ዝግጅት ተጀመረ! ታላቅ የመክፈቻ ንግግር ከአውሮፓ ህብረት አምባሳደሮች @RolandKobia, @BNMarkussen, ከክብርት ወይዘሮ አለሚቱ ኦሙት፣
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Female Invest are building the world's first trading platform, that's built specifically for women, by women, with a strong focus on sustainability and ethics.🌿 Join the waitlist and be one of the first to get access when they go live! waitlist.femaleinvest.com/uk… via @FemaleInvest
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WFP Ethiopia
@WFP_Ethiopia
1 Nov 2022
.@WFP continues to distribute food in #Mekelle - aiming to reach over 535,000 people within the next two weeks. We've reached 178,000 so far. @WFP food assistance operations are also ongoing in Amhara, Afar & Somali regions.
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RT @yilkal_kefale: 🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹
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Very embarrassed about this.
The New York Times
@nytimes
18 Oct 2022
The top EU diplomat, Josep Borrell Fontelles, called Europe "a garden" and the world "a jungle," leading to charges of neocolonialism and racism as the EU tries to drum up support in the developing world. nyti.ms/3S8lI2Q
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Janez Lenarčič
@JanezLenarcic
15 Oct 2022
The EU is appalled by the killing of civilians and humanitarian workers in #Ethiopia. It is unacceptable that warring parties are not adhering to their #IHL obligations. Such killing must stop. #NotATarget @RESCUEorg bit.ly/3T6TBCt

IRC staff member killed delivering life saving aid in Ethiopia | The IRC

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is saddened to confirm the reports of the death of one of our colleagues who died from injuries sustained during an attack yesterday in Shire Town in the...

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The New Yorker
@NewYorker
26 Sep 2022
Jon Lee Anderson profiles the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, whose quest to transform his country into a modern state has resulted in both a Nobel Peace Prize and a humanitarian crisis. nyer.cm/yHO1X9q

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Celebrating World Youth Day 2022, starting a dialogue we will continue: EU Youth Sounding Board had inspiring discussion with EU Ambassadors yesterday at Creative Hub Addis #EU_ETHforYouth #OurVoiceOurFuture
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A stepback on Afghan women's rights "The statement said the measure was introduced 'in order to avoid provocation when meeting men who are not mahram [adult close male relatives].' " dw.com/en/taliban-leader-ord…

Taliban leader orders women to wear burqas

The hard-line Islamist group has told Afghan women to cover their faces in public — the latest backslide on promises to retain women's rights after the Taliban seized power last August.

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The #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺 supports #youth in #Ethiopia 🇪🇹! Follow us today and for the rest of the week on the topic, and spread the word about #EU_ETHforYouth and #YouthEmpowerment
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Thanks to the #EU investment incentives for biodigesters, rural households in #Ethiopia benefit from clean cooking, sustainable organic fertiliser and significant financial savings. Thank you to all in #Sidama and #SNNPR for a fruitful field mission! @SNVEthiopia @moweethiopia
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WFP Ethiopia
@WFP_Ethiopia
19 Apr 2022
🚨 NEWS ALERT 🚨 No rain and no resources. Immediate & scaled-up assistance is critical to avoid a major humanitarian crisis in drought-affected areas of #Ethiopia & help communities become more resilient to extreme climate shocks. Full news release👇 wfp.org/news/no-rain-and-no-…
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𝐴𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑛 // 𝑅𝑒́𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑒́𝑒𝑠 on @ARTEen "A woman has to put in much more work and effort to achieve the same position as a man. That's not just a challenge at work. Women work tirelessly to change society, to change traditions." bit.ly/3ivvXQj
“Over 50% of food that goes uneaten is lost on farms, not just an issue in developing regions. More food is lost on farms per capita in very advanced supply chains like the US/Europe." wwf.to/3yo145K

Report Reveals 2.5 Billion Tons of Food Go Uneaten

WWF and Tesco publish Driven to Waste, a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally, revealing an estimated 2.5 billio

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Amnesty International
@amnesty
20 May 2021
The horrific pattern of Israeli attacks on residential homes in Gaza must be investigated as war crimes. Join us in calling for an end to this cycle of injustice. Take action here 👇 amn.st/6002yEMuM
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New Zealand - often a pioneer ! ✨🌊 bit.ly/3sivUJ5 #impactinvesting #sustainablefinance
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What is Impact Investing?🤔 Nicely done visual that explains the basics of this topic. #whatisyourimpact #sustainablefinance #ESG youtu.be/jv3oKGUbCPo
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