More than 15,000 women make their living collecting fuel wood on Mount Entoto and selling it in the markets of Addis Ababa. Approximately 60% are the head and sole support of their households. One third are between the ages of 10 and 19. Working under harsh conditions, the women carry bundles of eucalyptus branches weighing 75-80 pounds 18 miles down the mountain sometimes twice in a day. Guard often harass them, demand bribe money, or assault them sexually. Despite the risks to their health and safety, women fuel wood carriers have no choice. They lack the education and financial resources necessary to make income alternatives a reality.

The story

CHF's goal is to ease the women's physical burden and support their efforts to develop sustainable alternative sources of income. Sixty former fuel wood carriers weave scarves or make baskets, but their access to even local markets is limited. Through the internet and print media, CHF introduces, promotes and sells the women's handmade products in local and global markets. Additional training and consistent access to high-quality raw materials will encourage women to create new designs and experiment with new product lines. As more quality products are brought to expanding markets, the women will have a predictable, sustainable, fair-trade income. www.connectedinhope.org

International support and charity

Current Production: - Coloured handmade Scarfs - Canapa Bags Potential Future Production: - Clothes as Shirts, skirts, jackets - On demand Dresses - Bags and accessories Market: Currently this products are bought by few ethiopian people and by some internationals who know about this initiative by the word of mouth.

Current activities of the center

All these women are investing their incomes to sustain their sons, daughters, families. Due to the low income level, many of them are not able to ensure their children a minimum education level not being able to sustain neither public elementary school costs [20 € yearly comprised of school fee, books, uniform] Just In this center there more than 100 children. Untill now they have spent their days all together in 2 small rooms out of the laboratory doing some educative activities with the support of local volunteers. From September 2012 the government should give to all the disadvantaged children from these women a formal school building

Children and the School

AIESEC Ethiopia contribution Thanks to its Global Community Development Program and a network of more than 110 Countries, AIESEC in Ethiopia wants to contribute to the future of these children by selecting a total of 16 international students to teach English and Math in the informal school. Each one of them will stay in Addis for 2 months from October 2011 to May 2012. Every AIESECer will be responsible of 1 class with 30 students

In the morning there will be classes while in the afternoon there will be some activities to develop creativity and artistic skills of the children. According to AIESEC International Policies, every teacher will have food and accomodation costs covered by AIESEC Ethiopia.

Student, company, alumni

Buy Scarf

Empower women: Strenghtening

families Generate Economical Resources

AIESEC Teachers

Children Access primary education with international teachers Like the

scarfs and the overall projects

Invest on the project as a CSR initiative

To sustain the costs of the project, to give more visibility to the stories of the women and to offer them a bigger market, AIESEC Ethiopia promotes the selling of the scarfs to its global network of young students, alumni and partner companies as in the model:

AIESEC consultant

Budget of the initiative:

Expense: Value unit: 1 month, 1 person

Number unit: 8 month, 4 people each month

Value:

Accomodation 80 € 80 € * 8 * 4 2560 €

Food 50 € 50 € * 8 * 4 1600 €

Trasportation 20 € 20 € * 8* 4 640 € Total: 4800 €

a) HR Budget for Teachers

Expense: Value unit: 1 month, 1 person

Number unit: 6 month, 2 people each month

Value:

Accomodation 80 € 80 € * 6* 2 960 €

Food 50 € 50 € * 6* 2 600 €

Trasportation 20 € 20 € * 6* 2 240 €

1800 €

b) HR Budget for Consultants

1) AIESEC Global Community Development Program Costs Budget

Budget of the initiative:

2) Scarf Production and trasportation costs budget

Expense: Value unit:

Production* 2 €*

printing 0.05

Trasportation Variable**

Production capacity of the center: Time of production of a unit: *Detail on material used, variable and fixed costs of the center in the attached file A ** Detail on transportation costs on the attached file B

AIESEC Consultant will be selected among international students with Marketing and Design/Fashion profile. They will play a crucial role to: 1)  create a social marketing campaign in agreement with our supporting

companies and entitites in the world 2)  Brand the products 3)  Customize the production according to international market supplied

How to contribute For private:

* Buy scarf for you

* Buy scarf for your friends

For Companies:

Invest on the project as a CSR initiative that allows you to:

a) Give the scarfs as a gift to your employees

b) Sell the scarfs in your online/offline shop

Elena Gaffurini President elena.gaffurini@aiesec.net Elisa Valenti Non-corporate relations Manager elisa.valenti@aiesec.net

AIESEC in Ethiopia

Pamela Simpson Executive Director psimpson@connectedinhope.org