PROJECT-E

“My brother is a medical doctor. He worked for some time in Ethiopia, in an orphanage and when he came back, his whole outlook on life had changed. He found himself in a culture shock and said he could no longer understand that ‘we can live the way we do in Europe”

Joseph is a press officer at the European Commission.

He was right. We do live in a part of the world where we have enough, some living in abundance even. But not everyone is lucky enough to be born in this part of the world. At the end of the day it’s just lottery, right?

“What my brothers and I realised is that, as young Europeans, we do enjoy a lot of freedom but this also means we bear responsibility towards those who don’t.”

We wanted to find a way to help others grow through sustainable ways. So we started this project in Ethiopia, with the initial idea of helping young women from underprivileged social backgrounds and particularly female orphans.

We learned so much together doing this project. My eldest brother has the scientific background, my other brother has the economic background; we complete each other as partners. Working together also made us connect as much as possible : at times we met in Addis and at others we Skyped a lot.

Every time we had to talk about the project, it was also an opportunity to say 'Hey, by the way - how have you been?' and catch up. This experience helped us grow together.

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