Team

In the public sphere we rely on the strong-voiced and active support of our ambassadors and trustees, like our Ambassador Haile Gebrselassie, our Partner Sara Nuru, our Ambassadress Tirunesh Dibaba and our Trustee Peter Krasser.

Our employees make genuine development at eye level possible – no anonymous handouts. They meet each of the people they help personally. In the Austrian project areas Abune Ginde Beret, Ginde Beret, Jeldu, Chobi*, and Albuko work a total of 33 employees of Menschen für Menschen. Our development agents work and live in the villages of the region. As a consequence, they know exactly what challenges the population faces, and provide advice and assistance during the implementation phase.
* In the project regions of Chobi, Jeldu, Abune Ginde Beret and Ginde Beret, the security situation is tense due to the activities of insurgent groups. In order to protect our employees, we have restricted or paused our work in these regions and some of our employees are being deployed in other project regions. As soon as the situation allows, we will continue our activities as normal. (Status 3/2023)

In Ethiopia Menschen für Menschen employs a total of 443 people, 0 of whom do not come from Ethiopia. On the one hand, it is, and always has been, our goal to support the people of Ethiopia and provide skills that help them further development. On the other hand, a European – no matter how well informed – will never understand the Ethiopian people the way an Ethiopian does. Our focus is direct work with the people, which is why it is important that mutual trust and understanding prevail. The majority of our Ethiopian colleagues work in the project regions, and implement our measures directly with the population.