Eshetu Ambo, 23, is a resident of Arsi Negelle and is a member of an association engaged in plastic waste collection and recycling established through NCA Ethiopia in 2022. He also serves as a cashier in the association. Before becoming part of the “Waste for Value” initiative, Eshetu, who now collects more than 100 kilograms of plastic a day, was unemployed and had to depend on his parents to meet his needs.
Eshetu says he is now not only self-sufficient and is able to give back to his family but is also an active contributor to a cleaner environment.
Norwegian Church Aid has been working in Ethiopia since 1974, responding to short term emergencies and implementing long term programmes. We work on providing clean drinking water and promoting sanitation and hygiene, improving reproductive health status of women and girls, and building the resilience of people to climate change.
We work in six regions: Amhara, Oromia, Somali, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples’, Tigray, Benishangul Gumuz, as well as the Addis Ababa city administration
SOURCE: NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID ETHIOPIA
