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Sabhar Preserving Ancient Weaving and Cotton Spinning Skills

Most Ethiopian handweavers work in their own homes on simple but extremely practical looms such as this one. Sabahar employs home-based weavers. Paid on a production basis, these weavers are kept busy full-time with our orders. Sabahar upgrades their weaving equipment, provides training on new techniques and designs, gives solar lights if required, and establishes […]

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New Book: A Gallop in Ethiopia: Wax, Gold and the Abyssinian Pony

A Gallop in Ethiopia: Wax, Gold & the Abyssinian Pony will help you understand Ethiopia by giving you useful insights into the country’s culture and history. Filled with the personal observations of the author, Wax, Gold & the Abyssinian Pony will provide you with some pointers to help you ‘get’ a country that is often

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Running in the Right Direction

Sports is the great equalizer! It has enormous power to generate social and economic change by contributing to sustainable development across all sectors and for all people.Sports has the innate ability to challenge societal norms and mindsets that may be steeped in prejudice. Through sports, voices are amplified, barriers are broken down and bold achievements

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The art of silversmithing

Ethiopia is known and appreciated the world over for its exquisite and intricate Crosses representing the centuries old Orthodox faith of the country going back to the preAxumite period. Crosses were first created out of wood, bone, leather and stone. The Falasha Jews, allegedly first practised the art and skill of producing crosses from silver.

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