Over the last two decades, Ethiopia's chronic social, economic, and public health problems have deepened into crises. Effective intervention is critical—and Golden Gate Community Health and EECMY have answered the call to action. Read about our multifaceted response to the severe challenges in the Hadiya, Kambat, Alaba, and Tembaro (KAT) zones of rural Ethiopia, where poverty and runaway population growth have degraded life, health, and women's status.
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Reproductive Health
Ethiopian women and girls have the worst reproductive health status in the world. In the rural villages we serve, we see proof of this terrible fact on a dramatic personal scale. Women's lives are saddened and shortened by the lack of contraception; the strain of early marriage and repeated pregnancies; the danger of unsafe childbirth and abortion. The answer to individual and national recovery begins with restoring Ethiopians' reproductive health—our project's top priority. Read More
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Primary Health
Health agents from our CBRH project fill a tremendous gap in Ethiopia's KAT zone, where most villagers lack even basic health services. Learn about the life-threatening challenges they face. Read More
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HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has hit an already weakened Ethiopian society with dreadful force. Crippling families, orphaning children, breaking down social norms, the rapid spread of this deadly virus demands immediate intervention. GGCH and EECMY are determined to fight this devastating attack on Ethiopia's sexual and reproductive health—and on its future. Read More
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FGM
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines female genital mutilation (FGM) as "all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural, religious, or other non-therapeutic reasons." Although outlawed by Ethiopia's constitution, FGM is still a harsh reality for most girls and women. The United Nations estimates that up to 90% are still circumcised. Read More
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Cycle of Poverty
Breaking Ethiopia's cycle of poverty depends on controlling its population growth. Its agriculture, social infrastructure, environment, economic development: all are damaged by the unrelenting pressure of adding almost 2 million people per year. Read More
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Female Empowerment
Empowering Ethiopian women and girls starts with fighting for their health. And our advocacy work extends to underlying problems of gender inequity that keep females sick, poor, uneducated, and undervalued. Read More
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