Land restoration makes progress in Ethiopia
DEBRETABOR, Ethiopia – At a tree nursery in Ethiopia’s Meket district, young men and women pack small plastic bags with soil. The indigenous and exotic species grown here were previously…
Articles by Maheder Haileselassie Tadese
Maheder is a freelance photographer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
People and changes being a main inspiration to most of her documentary work,
Maheder mainly focuses on telling stories, documenting changes and giving voices to
what she considers to be voiceless in her community.
Photo Exhibitions she has participated in include Morning Star Mall, Addis Ababa
(October, 2014), “Photojournalists in Conflict”, World Press Freedom Day Celebrations
in Finland, Helsinki (May, 2016) and the most recent one, “In Quest for” Goethe-
Institute, Addis Ababa Ethiopia (August25 - Sep 30, 2016).
In addition, she will also be presenting her works at the fourth edition of Addis Foto
Fest which will take place from December 12th – 21st, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Moreover, in April 2015, Maheder was among the top 10 honorable mention of women
Professional artists after participating in the art competition announced by the USA
embassy in Addis Ababa.
She is currently working on personal projects involving documentary Photography
works.
Community pulls water-thirsty invasive weeds from Ethiopia’s Lake Tana
Last week thousands of people in northwest Ethiopia marched to Abay River and Lake Tana as part of the “Save Lake Tana” movement to remove invasive water hyacinth by hand.…
The people of Ethiopia’s forests
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Like many countries, there is money in Ethiopia’s forestry sector – both regulated and unregulated. The most recent official figures from Global Forest Watch show that…
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