Joblessness in Ethiopia

Seher

http://addisfortune.net/columns/unemployment-a-dose-of-reality/

Overview of the Problem

• Ethiopia; fast growing economy but many jobless• Ethiopia: much unemployment• People rely on informal sector jobs• People fire/quit fast• 2009 50.6%+ people from informal sector

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/07/207858449/for-ethiopian-women-construction-jobs-offer-a-better-life

World Vision & Oxfam

&http://communicationleadership.usc.edu/blog/from_august_6_-_15.html

http://wundergroundmusic.com/oxfam-set-to-launch-save-a-progressive-house-dj-appeal/

• World Vision helps save lives around the world

• One big organization

• Oxfam also dedicated =saving people lives around world

• Many different organizations combined

World Vision and Oxfam Comparisons

• International work several countries• Dedicated saving lives• Both funding donating

https://egregores.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/world-vision-only-christians-need-apply/

World Vision & Oxfam Contrast

• Oxfam’s mission what to solve• World Vision’s mission who & what • Oxfam international league o/17 orgs + working w/

partners + local communities• World Vision one big org.• Oxfam campaigns + advertises more• 3 main focuses• World Vision projects = more direct• Oxfam = more indirect (e.g.)• Oxfam = more funding than donating http://www.oxfam.org.uk/running

Short-term Reactive Solutions

• Oxfam: Rising Food Prices in Sahel• Oxfam: Provide clean water + sanitation = extreme cases• World Vision: Destroyed Houses • World Vision: Ethiopia Famine• World Vision: Treating Ebola

http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bn-rising-sahel-food-prices-urgency-of-long-term-action-0812.pdf

Long-term Proactive Solutions

• Oxfam: helping farmers w/ technology• Oxfam: working w/local gov. = improve sanitation + water• Oxfam: empowering women = be independent, start their

own businesses• World Vision: Africa Agriculture• World Vision: Economic Development• World Vision: Preventing Ebola

http://www.worldvision.org/news-stories-videos/ebola-virus-disease-outbreak

Most Proactive and helping to provide long-term solutions

• Oxfam = better long-term solutions• World Vision = solutions not as effective• Oxfam = works w/local gov. + charity + direct• World Vision still effective

http://www.oxfamblogs.org/eastafrica/?p=7279

References

• http://www.oxfam.org/• http://www.worldvision.org/