CARE’s work in Ethiopia was established in 1984 in response to the widespread and acute famine between 1983 and 1984. Although CARE continues to carry out emergency feeding, the focus of our work in Ethiopia has shifted beyond emergency relief to longer term rehabilitation and development.

USAID's main objective in Ethiopia is to overcome the country's near-constant state of food insecurity. Natural disasters, extreme poverty and underdevelopment, poor water and land management, and inadequate access to health care, education, and economic opportunity are the main causes of underdevelopment. USAID's work in Ethiopia improves disaster prediction and response management, economic growth, governance structures, and the quality of health care and education.

Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice