The rate of deforestation exceeds all planting efforts. They are creative, ingenious, hard-working and keen to build a secure future for themselves. We are helping to build a training school at Adwa, a remote area of Tigray that was neglected during 17 years of war. Life is especially harsh for people in the countryside - the majority of the population. Children and women are particularly affected.
Women struggle to cope with sporadic food shortages and the lack of proper health care.
Since 1991, Ethiopia has been at peace for the first time in two decades. Better early warning systems have been developed by Save the Children and other agencies - to forecast famine, and more roads have been built to distribute aid. The Ethiopian government has itself taken measures to avert famine. Yet, despite these gains, donors have been reluctant to commit themselves to Ethiopia's future development. As a result, the lives of millions of Ethiopians continue to rest precariously on the thin line between survival and catastrophe.