http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:49:59 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32862 Thanks to a groundbreaking new program that relies on advanced satellite technology, a weather index insurance payout of unprecedented scale will benefit poor African farmers.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/11/poor-ethiopian-farmers-receive-unprecedented-insurance-payout/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:30:45 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29879 Two acres of cracked earth. In northern Ethiopia, it can be a trap that keeps farmers tethered to it for generations. Or it can be a springboard to a better life for this and future generations. What impedes it from showing its springier qualities? You could argue the biggest pressure on the land comes from the sky above it.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/29/breaking-the-poverty-trap-in-ethiopia-subsistence-satellites-and-some-other-important-stuff/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/30/making-sanitary-pads-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/30/making-sanitary-pads-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 19:55:29 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27430 MCI is lucky enough to work with two amazing Ethiopian women from the region of Tigrai, in the north of the country where the Millennium City of Mekelle is located. Both women have gone abroad to become talented professionals and both have resolved to transform the lives of women and young girls in their native region, returning home, one permanently, in order to do so.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/30/making-sanitary-pads-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 03:31:40 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26023 A video interview with climate scientist Bradfield Lyon, who explains his latest research on what's driving rainfall patterns in parts of East Africa.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/03/video-is-drought-in-east-africa-the-new-normal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/a-model-for-improving-climate-services-in-africa/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/a-model-for-improving-climate-services-in-africa/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:04:23 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23448 A groundbreaking set of new online climate data maps for Ethiopia gives users free access to 30 years of rainfall and temperature data for the entire country at the click of a button. This is unprecedented anywhere in Africa. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/07/a-model-for-improving-climate-services-in-africa/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/07/restoring-sight-my-work-with-the-himalayan-cataract-project-in-ethiopia/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/07/restoring-sight-my-work-with-the-himalayan-cataract-project-in-ethiopia/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:56:42 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6246 A guest blog from Dr. Matt Oliva, an MD with the Himalayan Cataract Project. Blindness exerts an incredible toll in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in terms of both human suffering and adverse economic impact. Due to environmental conditions, malnutrition and vitamin deficiency, ocular infections, trauma and lack of access to care, some of the world’s highest rates of blindness exist in this arid and mountainous area, with a 1.5% estimated prevalence rate. The majority of this blindness is caused by cataract and corneal opacification, both of which are treatable conditions, often for as little as $20 per surgery.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/07/restoring-sight-my-work-with-the-himalayan-cataract-project-in-ethiopia/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/02/reusable-homemade-feminine-pads-a-simple-intervention-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/02/reusable-homemade-feminine-pads-a-simple-intervention-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:18:19 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6219 In many areas of sub-Saharan Africa, gender parity tends to decline at higher levels of schooling. While girls’ enrollment and completion rates for primary school are typically high, these rates decrease with secondary and tertiary education. Girls may discontinue their studies to devote more time to household chores, to earn extra income by engaging in [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/02/reusable-homemade-feminine-pads-a-simple-intervention-to-help-keep-girls-in-school/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:44:54 +0000 Paola Mejia http://blogs-admin.ei.columbia.edu/?p=4882 I work at the Malaria Program of the Earth Institute’s Center for Global Health and Economic Development. The bulk of our work takes place at the Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, which supports national malaria control programs in ten African countries and contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia. [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:54:38 +0000 Ivy Morgan http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=837 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/ceil-and-michael-pulitzer-foundation-renews-support-of-ethiopia-water-educational-initiatives/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/ceil-and-michael-pulitzer-foundation-renews-support-of-ethiopia-water-educational-initiatives/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:04:38 +0000 Urania Mylonas http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=651 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/30/ceil-and-michael-pulitzer-foundation-renews-support-of-ethiopia-water-educational-initiatives/feed/ 0