In Ethiopia Social Ties Cushion Vulnerable Communities From Disasters

BY BUSANI BAFANA Sustainable Development Alert net Addis Ababa — Funeral societies may make their money from the business of bereavement, but in Ethiopia they are also important social networks that use kinship and trust to cushion communities from the worst effects of disasters. Ethiopian burial and mutual aid societies known as “iddirs” are a

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